No Funeral Mass for a Cremated Person?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
February 22, 2022
What is the Church’s official stance on cremation?
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Chair of Saint Peter
Franciscan Media
February 22
Every cathedral has a “cathedra,” a bishop’s chair that is used only by the bishop when he presides in the cathedral. It’s a symbol of his authority as chief teacher and liturgist of the diocese. So, today we celebrate the Chair of Saint Peter.
Sharing the Word for February 22, 2022
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
February 22, 2022
The Church pays honor to St. Peter because Peter held a special place in the mission of Jesus. Catholics honor the pope as the successor of St. Peter.
Everything Is Holy
Kyle Kramer
February 21, 2022
To be a materialist is, to use my Christian language, to believe fully in the Incarnation.
Ask a Franciscan about…Lent and Easter
Pat McCloskey, OFM
February 21, 2022
My lifelong curiosity prompts me to ask: 1) When and how did Ash Wednesday originate? 2) What was the specific thinking that inspired this practice? 3) Can you recommend reference sources on this subject?
‘I Will Be With You’
Bruce Epperly
February 21, 2022
Where are you struggling with fear and self-doubt? Where do you need a greater sense of God’s presence? God is with you in every life challenge and quest for justice.
Saint Peter Damian
Franciscan Media
February 21
If it hadn’t been for an elder brother taking him under his wing, Saint Peter Damian may have taken a very different path in life. But with his brother’s guidance, he matured into a holy man, monk, and bishop. A man of prayer and devotion, Peter Damian was also a spiritual writer.
Sharing the Word for February 21, 2022 – Seventh Week in Ordinary Time – Year 2
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
February 21, 2022
Like faith, wisdom is practical and needs to be carefully cultivated. It calls for humility, and cannot flourish in the presence of jealousy and ambition and self-promotion.
A Community of Belonging
Kyle Kramer
February 20, 2022
Simplicity is when we roll up our sleeves with and for others in a great community of needful belonging.
Saints Jacinta and Francisco Marto
Franciscan Media
February 20
Two young children who died early in life, Jacinta and Francisco Marto, gained the attention of the Church and the world when Mary appeared to them at Fatima. Without being martyred, they became witnesses and messengers of God’s goodness.
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