
Love Is Our Calling
María Ruiz Scaperlanda
May 17, 2025
In a world of silly love songs, it is easy to ask, “What’s love got to do with it?” rather than trust the love that we have already encountered as believers.
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To Everything a Season
Franciscan Media
February 13, 2018
Saint Bridget of Sweden longed from an early age to become a nun. But she was obedient to her prominent family’s desire that she marry a prince. Their marriage was happy and produced eight children (including one, Catherine, who would ...
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We Are Made in God's Image
Franciscan Media
February 12, 2018
To be a human creature, a person that somehow bears the image of God, means that love is properly at our core. When we move in proper relation to the world we move with affection. And it is this affection ...
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I Found Him in the Shining of the Stars
Franciscan Media
February 11, 2018
Lift up your eyes and see who made the stars. Her son the priest will not be buried with his brother and parents, but will someday sleep with his brother priests in a field with a low stone wall, along ...
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A Simple Prayer
Franciscan Media
February 10, 2018
I know what failure feels like. But I also want to experience you, God, to hear you speak in that fire and flame, to remove my shoes in awe, and leave your presence ready to change the world. Please call ...
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God's Instruments
Franciscan Media
February 8, 2018
Are you feeling restless? Do you thirst for God? Do you long to develop a deeper more meaningful relationship with Christ? Try looking into the faces of the people you meet each day. They are God’s instruments, holy messengers of ...
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Lord, Speak to My Heart
Franciscan Media
February 7, 2018
Dear Lord Jesus, help me to be more attentive to you in my life. Forgive me for the times I have neglected to listen to you speaking to my heart. Help me to make a more concerted effort to be ...
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