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Prayer, at its most basic form, is about two things: authentic friendship and continuing to show up.
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Prayer, at its most basic form, is about two things: authentic friendship and continuing to show up.

When you agree to live simply, you have little to protect and no desire for acquisition, even for acquisition of any “moral capital.”

In honoring our unity in diversity, we give God glory and bring out each other’s gifts for service.

God has a way of hooking us. God hooked me through academic study. As a freshman in college, I was taking a Medieval History course when I was assigned The Little Flowers of St. Francis. I hated it. I found it overly sentimental and syrupy. I also longed for the kind of spiritual community the book showed me was possible. And that’s how God hooked me: by introducing me to something I rejected on the one hand, and found compelling on the other. It was the semester I left institutional Christianity and started to search for God.

When we have encountered great loss or trauma, sometimes it can feel like the world moves on while our hearts continue to ache.

Do we celebrate Christmas in December because we know he was born in that month? If not, why is his birth celebrated then?

Brother David’s life as a missionary has taken him to Guatemala, Mexico, and parts of the Southwest.

We have a responsibility to pray for Pope Francis as a spiritual leader and decision-maker, so that he may continue guiding the Church with wisdom and compassion.

As the Word dwells in the human person, so, too, the same Word dwells in creation.

“If the degree would look good on your resume, go for it!” That was Dad’s response when I told him that I was thinking about getting a master’s degree in Franciscan theology. As a parent, Dad was particularly concerned about the practical reasons for my embarking on a two-year program of study when I was already just a few years away from retirement. From Dad’s perspective, my decision to go back to school must have appeared impulsive.