At This Table
Vanesa Zuleta Goldberg
March 28, 2024
Christ taught us how to break bread. Christ taught us how to build tables that welcome all to participate in that breaking of bread.
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Uncertainty About the Future
Herman Sutter
February 18, 2024
Quite often it is the unknown that we fear most. Many of us imagine we can bear almost anything if we know what to expect. But that isn’t how God works.
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Blessed Lady Jacoba and Almond Treats
Theresa Doyle-Nelson
February 17, 2024
Lady Jacoba (now Blessed Jacoba) was deeply struck by St. Francis of Assisi and consequently became a Third Order Franciscan. She kindly offered one special luxury to the humble man of Assisi.
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We Are Not Alone
Stephen Copeland
February 16, 2024
Core to the Christian Gospel for Franciscans is the realization that the God of the universe decided to enter into our world, first through creation itself (Gn 1), then through the Incarnation (Jn 1), not because of sin or the ...
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My Inadvertent Offenses …
Theresa Doyle-Nelson
February 15, 2024
Punish me not … for my inadvertent offenses.” —Tb (3:3b) What a great plea from the Old Testament figure, Tobit!
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I Love Myself
Susan Hines Brigger
February 14, 2024
hen we think of love, often the focus is on the love that is projected outward--to a partner, a child, a friend. But when do we stop and focus on ourselves?
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Sending Compassion
Kathy Coffey
February 13, 2024
Bryan Stevenson, an African-American, Harvard-trained attorney, writes: “The people who haven’t earned it, who haven’t even sought it, are the most meaningful recipients of our compassion… “
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