‘God Has Collected Your Tears’
Franciscan Media
July 8, 2025
I don’t think you can get to a place of being open to God’s grace unless you feel that your lament has been heard.
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As St. Francis Lay Dying
Murray Bodo, OFM
September 25, 2024
Francis knew he was dying. A doctor friend from Arezzo had come to visit him and told him that with God’s grace, all would be well.
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Hold Fast to Christ
Murray Bodo, OFM
September 24, 2024
Love God and do as you will, says St. Augustine, for love is its own commandment.
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Praying at the Tomb of Padre Pio
Fr. Francesco Napolitano
September 23, 2024
Everyone who goes down to the crypt and kneels in front of the tomb feels that something under that massive granite is still moving.
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‘Inwardly Cleansed, Interiorly Enlightened’
Ilia Delio, OSF
September 21, 2024
Francis kindled his desire for God by constantly striving to overcome obstacles in his life that prevented him from relationship with God.
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The Stigmata and St. Francis
Greg Friedman, OFM
September 19, 2024
God led Francis in and through the depths of suffering to come to know Christ.
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God Acts Out of Love
Richard Rohr, OFM
September 18, 2024
For Scotus, God never merely reacts but always supremely and freely acts, and acts totally out of love.
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