What Is Perfect Joy?
Murray Bodo, OFM
June 25, 2024
In a true fraternity the friars have learned to see their own brokenness, their jealousy, their desire for power.
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The Gift of Water
Elizabeth Bookser Barkley, PhD
June 25, 2024
The blessing of clean and abundant water is one that many of us take for granted.
More Than We Deserve
Kathy Coffey
June 24, 2024
Everything we have is a gift from God. No one can control what’s most important. We often receive far more than we deserve.
A Love Divine
Murray Bodo, OFM
June 24, 2024
The spirituality of St. Francis is not so much about the heroic deed as it is about the heroic love with which even the smallest deed is done.
God’s Love Is Constant
Murray Bodo, OFM
June 23, 2024
The contours of the journey of love are pretty much the same; the particulars depend on the personality and character of the one who falls in love with God.
Called to Save the World
Casey Cole, OFM
June 22, 2024
All around the world people are looking for meaning and finding it in strange, even destructive places.
The Power of Tears
Susan Hines-Brigger
June 22, 2024
In her novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte provides a different perspective on that thinking. She writes: “Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive.”
God Sings. I Sing Back.
Brother David Steindl-Rast
June 21, 2024
We often think of obedience as compliance with a command. But this would make God some sort of exalted drill sergeant.
In Search of Guidance
Clifford Hennings, OFM
June 21, 2024
What do we do when there are many good options or only bad ones? We turn to the Holy Spirit for guidance.
I Know You Are There, Lord
Colleen Arnold, MD
June 20, 2024
In verse 8 of Psalm 139, we read, “If I ascend to the heavens, you are there; if I lie down in Sheol, there you are.” We cannot escape from God’s presence.