‘Come Before Him with Joyful Song’
Murray Bodo, OFM
October 20, 2024
Francis loved to sing. It freed his spirit and turned the human voice, so often an organ of selfishness and sin, into an instrument of celebration.
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Life vs. Death
Mark Forrester
October 19, 2024
In our thoughts and actions, we pit life against death when, through the lens of faith, we have an alternative capacity to see beyond this conflict.
Learning to Let Go
Paul Lipowski
October 18, 2024
In the spirit of St. Francis, detachment from material possessions and earthly desires is a core principle of Franciscan spirituality.
Study & Theology: For Space Travelers in Search of the Heart
Stephen Copeland
October 18, 2024
My wife and I have a tradition of getting each other a Christmas ornament each year. One of the first she got for me was a space shuttle since she sometimes called me “spaceman.” She had already realized that I would often blast off toward the planets of my mind before I had a chance at coming home again—to my heart.
Wisdom in Beauty
Bond Strong
October 17, 2024
The Church has left a legacy of beautiful church buildings, literature, music, art, and ideas for all the world to ponder. Just stepping into an ancient cathedral in Europe can lead to conversion.
Forgiveness Leads to Peace
Richard B. Patterson, PhD
October 17, 2024
As others have written, the person who benefits most from forgiving is the one who forgives.
Study & Theology: A Franciscan Feast
Donna Foley, OFS
October 16, 2024
When I was young, Thanksgiving dinners were never held in anyone’s house. My grandmother and her sisters decided that no one’s Philadelphia row house was big enough for the entire clan. Smart women that they were, we always took over a restaurant for the meal.
Theology school was like that for me. A space apart from the usual spaces to be fed, to laugh, to argue, to hear from the oldest and the youngest.
Teresa, the Tenacious, Pray for Me!
Patricia Breen McNeil
October 15, 2024
If I had one word to describe St. Teresa of Avila it would be tenacious.
Trust the Goodness You See
Casey Cole, OFM
October 14, 2024
While we are quite familiar with being disappointed by the worst we see in the world, we cannot deny the extraordinary heroism of which humanity is also capable.
Indigenous Peoples, Children of God
Daniel Imwalle
October 14, 2024
It is no accident that Indigenous Peoples’ Day lands on the same date as Columbus Day—October 9.