Sinners Make the Best Contemplatives
Laurence Freeman, OSB
March 23, 2024
Jesus said he came for the sick, not the healthy. He dined with sinners, not church leaders. So who’s “special”?
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Gentleness of You
Maureen O'Brien
March 22, 2024
Can we begin the morning in the most gentle way possible? Simply being? Just knowing in the silence that God is already here.
Poverty of Spirit
Ragan Sutterfield
March 22, 2024
I feel the grandeur of creation and my smallness in it. For a moment I have no worries, only the sense of God’s abiding grace in the world.
Desert Wandering
Daniel Imwalle
March 21, 2024
In his 2024 message for Lent, Pope Francis writes, “Lent is a season of grace in which the desert can become once more—in the words of the prophet Hosea—the place of our first love (Hos 2:16–17).”
Take Courage
Theresa Doyle-Nelson
March 20, 2024
Strive to be an encouraging friend, with full knowledge that God is in the situation and will make all work in his favor in some way.
The Elements of Prayer
Natalie Ryan
March 19, 2024
Jesus taught us how to pray authentically, and the Lord’s Prayer provides us with a structure to offer our words up to God.
Joseph, Husband of Mary
Fr. Gary Caster
March 19, 2024
Joseph and Mary’s life does not fit into ordinary human categories.
Fratelli Tutti: On Fraternity and Social Friendship
Franciscan Media
March 18, 2024
When we consider what humans have done to our environment, a Franciscan heart should cry! Thinking of the beauty of Francis’ Canticle of Creation and then seeing
Getting Angry with God
Richard B. Patterson, PhD
March 18, 2024
Sometimes I get angry with God. I used to feel that this was bad, but took comfort from the likes of David (“How long, oh Lord?”), Job, even Jesus (“Why have you forsaken me?”). Is your anger reflected in any way in your relationship with God?
The Apostle of Ireland
Daniel Imwalle
March 17, 2024
St. Patrick continues to be a popular saint well beyond the Ireland that he so loved. But after 1,500 years, one must wonder what it is about his story that has such longstanding appeal.