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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.
How could it be that I could have something in common with someone so holy?
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.
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.
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.
No death is solitary, whether a soldier on the battlefield or a poor, abandoned person in an alleyway.
Given the state of the world it’s easy to be mired in grief. But lightness and grace surround us. We just have to look for them.
The common theme of all the Gospel readings for All Souls Day is that the Lord loves his people and wants them with him forever.
The Franciscan intellectual tradition and the compelling story of Francis of Assisi seem to have a never-ending fascination for scholars, novelists, dramatists, screenwriters, and storytellers of every age, language, and culture.
The communion of saints is marked by huge variety. Future generations will celebrate us, because God never loses sight of one beloved daughter or son. All are held in God’s embrace.
