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Some holy people have a rather full life spread over a couple of vocations. Blessed Sebastian of Aparicio is such a person having been married twice before becoming a Franciscan.
We all face tragedy and challenges in life. When you open yourself to conversion, your spirit is awakened through a nurturing of self and faith.
Father Boniface Ramsey raised red flags about Theodore McCarrick for years before the media and Church leaders took notice. While some call him a hero, he hopes to be remembered first as a good priest.
The Bible has advice on everything under the sun, even the words we speak. We can use its guidance to forge more peaceful interactions with others.
Jesus knew firsthand of the weaknesses and woundedness of men and women. He never rejected anyone simply for failure.
I have often reflected on this prayer, which—as Franciscan scholars attest—is indeed a prayer composed by St. Francis himself. And each time I pray it, I am more and more convinced that it reveals the authentic heart of St. Francis.
Work is an essential part of the human vocation, part of what it means to be incarnated with material needs in a material world.
Was Blessed Luke Belludi just at the right place at the right time, or was there something more at work in his happening to meet Saint Anthony and become his protégé? We would all agree that this is how the Lord works─through convenient happenstances.
Conflicts in the Christian community are occasioned by the love of the world, which involves enmity with God. In addition, these conflicts are bound up with the failure to pray properly.
There’s a wonderful upside to such disciplined vigilance: the possibility of becoming true craftsmen and craftswomen of the time we’re given.
