A Physical Reminder of Lent

Daniel Imwalle March 2, 2022

Sometimes, a person might seem to want to ask what the ashes on your forehead mean, but are too shy or don’t want to offend you by asking.

Faith and Family for March 6: First Sunday of Lent

Faith and Family team March 2, 2022

This week, as we celebrate the first Sunday of the season of Lent, we listen to the Gospel story of Jesus spending 40 days in the desert, where he is tempted by Satan.

Saint Agnes of Bohemia never married, but had a number of nobles interested in her as a possible wife. Preferring the religious life, Agnes became one of Saint Clare of Assisi’s Poor Ladies, but not until after she had built a hospital and a friary for the local Franciscan friars.

Sunday Soundbite for March 6, 2022

Greg Friedman, OFM March 2, 2022

As we hear of the Lord’s temptations in the desert, let’s let this very human portrait of Jesus remind us of how we’re called to respond in times of temptation: To depend upon God’s grace and allow it to support and sustain us.

Sharing the Word for March 2, 2022

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk March 2, 2022

During Lent the Church proposes a whole spiritual program whose purpose is to bring us closer to God–to lead us to conversion, to a change of heart, to a deepened relationship with God.

Practice Letting Go

Kyle Kramer March 1, 2022

Letting go of our external attachments through simple living does help us to show up with our best selves

Holy Humdrum

Maureen O'Brien March 1, 2022

Instead of fighting the mundane and boring today, flip it and see if you can find something sacred in the act, a deeper connection lurking underneath.

Saint David of Wales

Franciscan Media March 1

Saint David of Wales was by legend the nephew of King Arthur. He was educated under the tutelage of Saint Paulinus, whose sight he allegedly restored.

All Are Welcome

Christopher Heffron March 1, 2022

Few stories in our country’s recent history rattle me quite like the murder of Emmett Till.

Sharing the Word for March 1, 2022

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk March 1, 2022

The First Letter of Peter calls groups of young Christians to a life of faith-filled optimism. How optimistic, how faith filled is my life in the Lord?