Minute Meditations
Seek Perfect Joy
Murray Bodo, OFM
February 13, 2025
The spirituality of St. Francis is not so much about the heroic deed as it is about the heroic love with which even the smallest deed is done.
Repair, Rebuild, Renew
Murray Bodo, OFM
February 12, 2025
Once Francis knew God’s will, whether from some mystical voice or from listening to the scriptures, he would immediately try to live it out.
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Mary, Full of Grace
Murray Bodo, OFM
February 11, 2025
Love was the reason for Jesus from all eternity.
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Sage Words from St. Pio
Franciscan Media
January 31, 2025
Despite our imperfections, God looks on the preparations of our hearts.
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Identity in God
Franciscan Media
January 26, 2025
The life of Francis shows us that to appreciate the book of creation we must come to know ourselves as creatures of God and as creatures of creation.
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Work in Concert with the World
Franciscan Media
January 25, 2025
The key to Francis’s fraternal relationship to the created world is identity. Francis came to know himself as a creature in relation to God as Creator.
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The Word Dwells in Creation
Franciscan Media
January 24, 2025
The life of Francis shows us that right relationship in creation is not easy. He heard the words spoken by the crucified Christ—“go rebuild my house”—and took them literally. He began to rebuild the church of San Damiano stone by ...
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