St. Francis Encounters the Crucified Christ
Ilia Delio, OSF
July 5, 2025
The Franciscan path to God is an inversion of monastic values. Rather than fleeing the world to find God, God is to be found in the world. The idea that “the world is our cloister” finds its root in Francis ...
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Love As St. Francis Did
Maureen O'Brien
June 28, 2025
To fully love as Francis did, there is no compartmentalizing. Can I follow this example?
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Sin and Forgiveness
Christopher Heffron
June 27, 2025
Sinners like me should take comfort in knowing that we have a forgiving creator.
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Prayer Is Born from Love
Laura Stanko Britto
June 26, 2025
Prayer is a relationship with God. Relationships take time and are based on love
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St. Francis Could Let Go
Stephen Copeland
June 25, 2025
St. Francis could let go when the right time came and engage in new ways of thinking and structures of relationship.
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Forgiveness Is Work
Mark P. Shea
June 24, 2025
Jesus commands the Church’s members to practice radical forgiveness of one another.
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Pray for the Mother of Carlo Acutis
Christopher Heffron
June 23, 2025
At 15, we know so little of the world at large—only our immediate one of school, friends, and budding adulthood.
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