Longing for God
Jack Wintz, OFM
April 23, 2024
It is our Christian belief that when Christ, the Incarnate Word, came to dwell among us, we entered a whole new era of God’s saving presence in our world.
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Wisdom from Mary
Franciscan Media
January 31, 2018
Our Lady said that the rosary can stop wars, and can bring world peace. We have to do what she said, and live good lives. There’s no other plan from heaven that’s so specific, for what we’re going through now. ...
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Where Charity and Love Prevail
Franciscan Media
January 30, 2018
It is useless to talk when things speak for themselves in such an eloquent manner. There is a clear and precise way of finding God, and we have so much need of him. There are moments in everyone’s life when the ...
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The Desires of Our Souls
Franciscan Media
January 29, 2018
We as human persons are made with infinite desires that only God can fulfill. But because we’re fallen, we tend to live at the level of our superficial desires—desires for comfort, fun, fame, wealth, pleasure, success. These desires are not ...
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'I Am God and You Are Not'
Franciscan Media
January 28, 2018
A woman on a much-needed retreat sought to know more about God and herself. She prayed, “Who are you and who am I?” For three days she prayed this refrain over a hundred times but no answer came. As she ...
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The Giver of Life
Franciscan Media
January 27, 2018
The care of a mother embraces her child totally. Mary’s motherhood has its beginning in her motherly care for Christ. In Christ, at the foot of the cross, she accepted John, and in John she accepted all of us totally. ...
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Body and Soul
Franciscan Media
January 26, 2018
Our bodies express our own individual souls. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that human beings are a unity of body and soul—not just souls temporarily trapped in flesh and bone. Even though our bodies will separate from our ...
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