A Life of Intimacy with Christ
Sr. Rosemary Stets, OSF
November 4, 2022
Clare’s understanding of her vocation was rooted in a life of great intimacy with Christ and a commitment to complete and unmitigated poverty.
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God Loves You
Jim Van Vurst, OFM
November 4, 2022
We are all in the Almighty’s hands. This should remind us that God is not distant from us.
Begin with Compassion
Shannon K. Evans
November 4, 2022
We are often our own worst critics, failing to extend compassion to ourselves when we would easily do so for a loved one. Use this prayer to find your center within God’s compassionate embrace.
Words Can Make a Difference
Erika Glover
November 4, 2022
I TALK TO MYSELF. I think we all do a little bit, at least in our heads. I don’t think it’s weird; it feels necessary. When I started my clothing business, I began recording myself on my laptop’s webcam anytime something new or exciting would happen. Sometimes, I would talk through a design I was making. Other times, I would film myself during the checkout of my biggest inventory purchase, when I was packing an exciting order, or right before my first in-person sale event. You get the idea.
Sharing the Word for November 4, 2022
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
November 4, 2022
The point of today’s parable seems to be that our pursuit of the kingdom calls for initiative, effort, exertion. Jesus invites us to make use of the opportunities that are presented to us.
Calling Out to God
Susan Hines-Brigger
November 3, 2022
How could it be that I could have something in common with someone so holy?
Grace Remains
Stephen Copeland
November 3, 2022
Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, here, now, God is filling up your spirit, soul, and body with divine breath. The spiritual life is a matter of becoming aware of this ever-flowing love.
Sharing the Word for November 3, 2022
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
November 3, 2022
Jesus reaches out to us and invites us to respond to him because he loves us, and because he wants us no matter how insignificant, how unimportant we may be.
A Universal Call to Holiness
Sr. Rosemary Stets, OSF
November 2, 2022
In the plan of God, Francis became an instrument to revitalize Christianity in the Middle Ages, inspiring men and women, clerics and laity, single and married, wealthy and poor.
Notes from a Friar: The Hour of Our Death
Jim Van Vurst, OFM
November 2, 2022
No one dies alone, whether a soldier on the battlefield or a poor, abandoned person in an alleyway.
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