Mary Calls Us Home
Holly Schapker
May 4, 2024
Mary is crying out for her children to return to the safety of her arms. In fact, her whole existence is the return journey home.
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Unafraid of Ridicule
Franciscan Media
January 26, 2017
We must be unafraid of ridicule or human respect, unafraid to walk out alone, knowing that we are nothing and can do nothing on our own. But with God's grace and God's power, you can do all things. - from Mother ...
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Salt of the Earth
Franciscan Media
January 24, 2017
Answering Christ’s call to be “the salt of the earth” (Matthew 5:13) requires being in the world. But we have to avoid being of the world; when socializing starts causing our salt to lose its taste, we are doing no ...
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God Is My All
Franciscan Media
January 22, 2017
God is my longing. In whatever way God comes. In every form, through every experience and circumstance, painful or otherwise. God. Only God. -from The Divine Spark
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Quiet Prayer
Franciscan Media
January 21, 2017
Father, there are ways in which I have grown quiet. Some hopes and dreams in my heart are too long-awaited, too sacred to be the stuff of idle chatter. Lord, I trust your faithfulness and your goodness and your love. ...
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Proclaim the Beatitudes
Franciscan Media
January 19, 2017
It is always a joyful experience for us to read and reflect on the Beatitudes! In proclaiming the Beatitudes, Jesus asks us to follow him and to travel with him along the path of love, the path that alone leads ...
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Make It Worth It
Franciscan Media
January 16, 2017
Through the sacrifice of the Mass, we have the opportunity to join our sufferings to Christ’s sufferings, to fill up that which is lacking in his afflictions for the sake of the Church. If we can attach meaning to our ...
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