Small crucifix with Jesus hanging from a car mirror

Jesus With Us

Jim Van Vurst, OFM November 12, 2026

As a people of faith, we are wonderfully blessed to know that Jesus experienced death.

young man sitting outside and reading Bible

Blessed Onesimus was a runaway slave in the New Testament. Despite this distressing situation, he ultimately became known as a holy one in the early Church. It was St. Paul who gave Onesimus guidance and encouragement.

Pray for Asylum Seekers

Christopher Heffron November 11, 2026

It takes grit to cross a border for a better life, irrespective of laws. Asylum seekers are God’s beloved, too.

Did the Church Make Up Purgatory?

Pat McCloskey, OFM November 11, 2026

My middle-aged daughter recently told me that there is no purgatory, that the Catholic Church made that up.

woman drawing a heart in the sky at night

I Love Myself

Susan Hines-Brigger November 10, 2026

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?

Focus on the Middle

Susan Hines-Brigger November 10, 2026

There is a quote from one of my favorite movies—Hope Floats—that I often find myself returning to. It seems to sum up this whole concept

We Are Not Alone

Stephen Copeland November 9, 2026

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 need to “pay a price,” but simply because that’s what love does.