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When we complain we fixate on negatives and wander down a path of self-pity, spreading seeds of dissatisfaction to anyone who will listen. Guard your tongue today and keep your complaints to yourself and to God.
It’s never too late to go back to school, to change jobs, to move, to buy a house. It’s never too late to start going back to Mass, to start praying again, to go on a retreat.
Sin begins in the heart but often finds expression in what we do, permeating society, government, and even the Church. The social teachings of the Church show us how to push back against systemic sin.
Pope Francis and the dicastery made it very clear—time and time again—throughout the document that a blessing is not the same as legitimizing a same-sex marriage.
In prayer, we let ourselves come to God imperfectly, pantingly, yet in this honesty about our condition.
If Greta Gerwig’s 2023 blockbuster, Barbie, taught us anything, it’s that audiences are eager for stories about female empowerment.
It seems to me that one of the most difficult things in the spiritual life is opening oneself up to experiencing God’s love, grace, and goodness during the liminal times of our lives—that space of helplessness and unknowing between the crucifixion and Resurrection.
My swimming became a thank-you to myself “because I am wonderfully made” (Ps 139:14) and worth this effort.
“Cling to him, do not leave him.”—Sirach 2:3a This is a short but profound reminder from the Old Testament Book of Sirach.
Sara’s role as executive director of the Franciscan Federation has her connecting Franciscans and Franciscan organizations of all stripes across the country and beyond.
