The Spiritual Path Is a Work of Love
Laurence Freeman, OSB
April 1, 2020
Raising a family may be exhausting and seem to leave little time for specific “spiritual practice,” but it is all about other-centeredness.
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Lent with the Saints: Maximilian Mary Kolbe
Greg Friedman, OFM
April 1, 2020
Conventual Franciscan Maximilian Kolbe, imprisoned in Auschwitz in 1941, witnessed many fellow prisoners taken to the gas chambers or killed in other brutal ways.
In, But Not of, the World
Laurence Freeman, OSB
March 31, 2020
Perhaps we never truly feel we belong to this world, even if we cling to it, make it serve us, and try to get it to accept us.
Lent with the Saints: Leonard of Port Maurice
Greg Friedman, OFM
March 31, 2020
In recent years the Holy Father has led the Way of the Cross during Holy Week at the Colosseum in Rome. This annual custom would have pleased the great Franciscan preacher Leonard of Port Maurice.
Strive for Clarity and Compassion
Laurence Freeman, OSB
March 30, 2020
Clarity grows with the spirit of acceptance and the purifying of the mind.
Lent with the Saints: Margaret of Cortona
Greg Friedman, OFM
March 30, 2020
St. Margaret of Cortona was a thirteenth-century Italian orphaned at seven. She later lived with a man to whom she bore a son out of wedlock.
Editorial: A Franciscan Response to COVID-19
Mark Soehner, OFM
March 30, 2020
By now, no one needs to tell you about the impact of the pandemic we’re experiencing. There are a great number of inconveniences. There is also a lot of fear and confusion. Social distancing and the rate of change make all of our daily lives more difficult.
Choose How to Respond
Laurence Freeman, OSB
March 29, 2020
The human mind can be very reactive. We don’t get what we want and we rage, complain, or attack whatever we can blame for the disappointment.
Lent with the Saints: Jeremiah
Greg Friedman, OFM
March 29, 2020
There the Lord promises a “new covenant” to the people. Once again, Jeremiah anticipates Jesus.
The Truth Will Set You Free
Laurence Freeman, OSB
March 28, 2020
You have only to be truthful to cause trouble. But it’s a different kind of trouble when you are untruthful.
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