
Sharing the Word for November 9, 2022
God loves his people. He wants to be close to them in all sorts of ways. That’s why we honor our churches and offer thanks for them.
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God loves his people. He wants to be close to them in all sorts of ways. That’s why we honor our churches and offer thanks for them.

Poverty exists first in the heart, or it doesn’t exist at all.

St. Francis of Assisi was an activist, pacifist, and prophet. In our own small ways, we can mirror his revolutionary spirit.

Sometimes we feel as if we’ll never be good enough to be fully loved by those around us–or by God—because shame creeps in and tells us only parts of us are good.

The call of Jesus for his disciples to be servants includes everyone from the lowest in society to royalty and the privileged. We soon realize that simply being God’s servant is reward in itself.

For Francis and his brothers, minority was the one thing necessary for entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven

There are times when we are pulled toward thoughts of the past and replaying regrettable events over and over in our minds. May this prayer help you to let go into today.

Faith makes forgiveness possible. When we forgive we offer love to another in spite of the evil the other may have done to us. Seeing good in one who has hurt me requires faith.

For Franciscans, the focus or gaze is not upward, but rather outward toward ordinary human life, particularly focused on the Incarnation, where God chose to descend into our world to become one with us through the Incarnation of Jesus Christ.

As the Israelites hurried to escape Egypt, they did not have time to prepare food before beginning their journey. Even so they all went with the most important ingredient—the presence of the living God.