
Make Space for Peace
Making time to just sit and be still can seem countercultural to what we are told to do daily. It’s in the moments when we allow ourselves to be still that we can encounter a peace that is life-giving.
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Making time to just sit and be still can seem countercultural to what we are told to do daily. It’s in the moments when we allow ourselves to be still that we can encounter a peace that is life-giving.

Light can be a metaphor for holiness, for joy, for peace.

In October 2023, Franciscans from a number of US provinces gathered to become one. Now they are discovering new ways to live out the spirit of St. Francis.

What do an American civil rights icon of the 1960s and an Italian mystic from the 13th century have in common? More than you might think.

“The Franciscan charism will save the world!” Every now and then, this phrase pops up in our Franciscan family.

Culture critic Daniel Imwalle reviews work from Samara Joy, Sarah Jarosz, and Declan McKenna.

We have to ask for the grace to prefer something to our small life because we have been offered God’s Life in Jesus.

Today, envision the picture created by these lines from Psalm 141: “Let my prayer be incense before you; my uplifted hands an evening offering.”

A terminated pregnancy at 17 haunted this writer for decades until she found forgiveness and freedom in God.

As atrocities continue on both sides of the conflict in the Holy Land, the striking Franciscan vision of a more peace-loving world is all the more needed.