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Finding God in the Ordinary

Maureen O'Brien June 2, 2025

We sometimes feel a lack of spirit in the overwhelming necessity of everyday tasks. Consider inviting God into your repetitive duties.

St. Francis Lived Honestly

Pat McCloskey, OFM June 2, 2025

Francis desired to live honestly. If the friars could do without something, then it belonged to a poor person who needed it.

Possessed by the Spirit

Jovian Weigel, OFM June 1, 2025

The Holy Spirit is not an extra in Christian holiness. Rather the sending of the Spirit is the completing of the entire beautiful plan of God to share his Life with us.

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The Ascension of Jesus

Ela Milewska June 1, 2025

Jesus’ Ascension reminds us we’re destined for more than earthly confines.

I Can Pray

Bruce Epperly May 31, 2025

When she could no longer protest injustice, Dorothy Day asserted that “I can still pray.” We can always do something to change the world.

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Hearing from the Heart

Daniel Imwalle May 30, 2025

As my hearing has diminished over time, the drive to listen to what’s going on around me, to truly absorb and comprehend, has not.

Carlo Acutis: ‘Thy Eternal Summer Shall Not Fade’

Christopher Heffron May 29, 2025

When I think about Carlo Acutis, like everybody, I think of his youth. And that inevitably makes me think of my own teen years. The

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Soak in Your Blessings

Susan Hines-Brigger May 29, 2025

So often we get caught up in the day to day rush of life that we forget to stop and soak in the many blessings that surround us.

The Lord Gives, and the Lord Takes Away

Colleen Arnold, MD May 28, 2025

So often, we claim people and possessions as our own—my car, my house, my daughter. But none of these really belong to me. Sometimes, it’s helpful to think of these gifts of God as being on loan from him.