
Notes from a Friar: A Spirit of Gratitude
Faith provides us with powerful reasons to be grateful.
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Faith provides us with powerful reasons to be grateful.
Of all the national holidays, Thanksgiving bears the most resemblance to the Last Supper. A meal is central to the event, everyone knows each other, and there is darkness amid the joy of gathering.
In the time before Christ’s final coming in glory interim catastrophes will afflict the world. But nothing is more powerful than God’s love and care for us.
Want to find a future saint? Look around you.
Like most people, I would prefer to escape deep loss and to avoid hard and challenging times.
Each orchestra member’s face amazes me. They do their small parts with intensity to help create the full, altogether glorious music of the orchestra.
Wednesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
November 23, 2022
Daily Reading from the USCCB: Luke 21:12-19
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It was difficult to accept that if the soul is to mature, it must go through the darkness and beyond it.
As Franciscans, we are all partners in grace, partners for the gospel. And for this, we should be grateful!
We have been gifted with the ability to breathe God’s breath. It’s God’s breath in our lungs. In and out, nourishing our bodies. In and out, touching every fiber of our beings.
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