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Notes from a Friar: Ordinary Time Is Anything but Ordinary

Fr. Don Miller, OFM December 23, 2018

We’ve finished the Christmas season and are into Ordinary Time—or as a friend of mine calls it, “Boring Time.”

Psalm 139: Endless Love

Susan Hines-Brigger December 21, 2018

“You formed my inmost being;
you knit me in my mother’s womb.
I praise you, so wonderfully you made me;
wonderful are your works!”
(Psalm 139:13-14)

One day when Francis was in a lonely place by himself, weeping for his misspent years in the bitterness of his heart, the joy of the Holy Spirit was infused into him and he was assured that all his sins had been forgiven. He was rapt in ecstasy and completely absorbed in a wonderful light, so that the depths of his soul were enlightened and he saw what the future held in store for himself and his sons. Then he returned to the friars once again and told them, ‘Have courage, my dearly beloved, and rejoice in God.

Film Reviews with Sister Rose

Rose Pacatte, FSP December 21, 2018

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Young Clara’s (Mackenzie Foy) late mother leaves her a special gift, which she opens on Christmas Eve. It is a bronze egg with a note that reads: “Everything you need is inside. “

Mary Poppins Returns

Rose Pacatte, FSP December 20, 2018

Twenty-five years after Mary Poppins first appeared to save the Banks family, she returns to London just in time to save the day again.

Prepare the Way

Pat McCloskey, OFM December 14, 2018

Then as he was walking through the forest joyfully singing in French and praising God, he was suddenly set upon by robbers. They threatened him and asked him who he was but he replied intrepidly with the prophetic words, “I am the herald of the great King.” Then they beat him and threw him into a ditch full of snow, telling him, “Lie there, rustic herald of God.” With that they made off and Francis jumped from the ditch, full of joy, and made the woods re-echo with his praise to the Creator of all.

Make Money, Make a Difference

Susan Klemond December 14, 2018

The Franciscan Sisters of Mary (FSM) like to tell how their founder, Mother Mary Odilia Berger, made an impact in the streets of St. Louis in the early 1870s as she brought food and medical supplies to the sick and to the sisters in her religious congregation who were caring for them. Passersby noticed the congregation’s charity and placed donations in Mother Odilia’s basket.

What Waits in the Dark?

Paula D'Arcy December 12, 2018

Ancient storytellers observed that the sun makes a journey every night. To their eyes, the sun slipped out of sight in the western sky and descended into the dark earth or ocean, only to reappear far to the east at dawn. The old ones watched this daytime voyage of light across the sky. They understood that the sun’s light inspired the process of photosynthesis. It warmed the desert and opened the flowers. But at night, when the sun descended into the dark, they understood that even more was taking place. Do we make this same journey? Is that what this is all about?

Follow Christ in His Incarnation

Oscar Romero December 10, 2018

This is the commitment of being a Christian: following Christ in his incarnation. And if Christ is God in his majesty who becomes a humble man even to dying like a slave on the cross and who lives with the poor, that’s what our Christian faith should be like. A Christian who doesn’t want to live this commitment of solidarity with the poor is not worthy of being called a Christian.

Making Christ Flesh in History

Oscar Romero December 8, 2018

Mary becomes Salvadoran and makes Christ flesh in the history of El Salvador. And Mary takes on your last name and my last name to bring forth the history of your family, of my family, in the eternal life of the Gospel. Mary identifies with each one of us to make Christ live in our individual story.

— from the book Through the Year with Oscar Romero: Daily Meditations