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When we pack for a journey, many of us over pack.

When God sees the shining saints, God once again looks on creation and finds it very good. The saints aren’t dour, but fun to be around.

Housing should be a human right, and yet many people around the world do not have a home. Even small contributions to a temporary shelter add up.

In episode 3 of Franciscan Media’s Off the Page podcast, Father Murray Bodo, OFM, discusses the creative action of partnering with God to make one’s soul, quoting poet John Keats’ notion of the world being a “vale of soul-making.”

Jesus told the religious leaders of his day and his disciples that he came for the sick, poor, and those who were marginalized—not the healthy or the wealthy.

St. Katharine Drexel came from a wealthy, philanthropic family in Philadelphia. She was willing to offer financial support to the cause of providing educations for children of color.