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Faith and Family: The Raising of Lazarus

Franciscan Media March 25, 2020

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JN 11:1-45

Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was ill.

So the sisters sent word to him saying, “Master, the one you love is ill.” When Jesus heard this he said, “This illness is not to end in death, but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

God Wastes Nothing

Kyle Kramer March 25, 2020

If we are called to conform ourselves and our culture to the nature of God and the nature of nature, then we can’t simply throw away things.

Time to Move Forward

Laurence Freeman, OSB March 24, 2020

The man healed in the Gospel story (John 5:1-16) complains that no one has helped him to get into the magic pool while the angel was stirring the waters.

Lent with the Saints: Ezekiel

Greg Friedman, OFM March 24, 2020

When there are people to be baptized in my parish during Lent, the whole season takes on a different character.

Miracles Are More than Magic

Laurence Freeman, OSB March 23, 2020

Even when we have faced the truth and given up false hope, there remains a pocket of desperation where the dream of a miracle never dies.

Lent with the Saints: John the Evangelist

Greg Friedman, OFM March 23, 2020

The Gospel, in its simplest terms, shows us how Jesus has come to reveal the Father.

Truth Is Lived, Not Spoken

Laurence Freeman, OSB March 22, 2020

The truth is not just what you say. You can wait for your lawyer to give you the oily words that will get you off the hook.

Lent with the Saints: Paul

Greg Friedman, OFM March 22, 2020

Old Testament readings take priority in Lent. Most of the First Readings on weekdays are from the Hebrew Scriptures; the First Reading each Sunday is chosen to recall the story of salvation.

Life Is More than Winning and Losing

Laurence Freeman, OSB March 21, 2020

The mind likes dualities because there’s always a winner and a loser. But, as God and the meditator know, dualities are only two-thirds of the story.

Lent with the Saints: Martin de Porres

Greg Friedman, OFM March 21, 2020

Hosea 6:1–6; Psalm 51:3–4, 18–19, 20–21ab; Luke 18:9–14>

Picture the simple Dominican brother Martin de Porres moving humbly among the sick and poor of Lima, Peru, in the seventeenth century. His work was long and arduous as he cared for orphans, slaves, and poor children. His hours of prayer and penance strengthened this ministry. At first only a lay helper in this community, thinking himself unworthy to be a vowed religious, Martin was eventually invited into full membership.