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One of the most powerful examples Jesus taught his followers was how to forgive—for Jesus forgave his very executioners from the wood of the cross.
I don’t think there is much difference between life and death. The difference is as a leaf suspended in a flowing stream.
In Matthew’s Gospel, when the Pharisees challenge Jesus for letting his followers pluck grains of wheat on the Sabbath, they are reminding him that the Sabbath is holy and that the law requires it be set aside as a time when no work is done, even the simplest of labors.
In the cacophony of the world’s troubles, it can be difficult to find quiet. Think of the words of Jesus in John 14:27: “Peace I leave you; my peace I give you.”
We as moderns view the whole of Francis’ life—beginning, middle and end.
This cross at San Damiano, like all crosses, is the “canvas” on which the answers are painted.
May I tell you the story of a woman who was married at 14 and dead at 24? Does that sound like the making of
There is no such thing as a human person without dignity or value in the eyes of God.
Patience is a virtue that allows us to trust in God’s perfect timing.
It was not long in the silence of the solitude that I understood I was not alone.
