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I like what I read in St. Anthony Messenger and enjoy other products from Franciscan Media. One question keeps coming back to me: Are you Franciscan or Roman Catholic?
I ask this because these days I feel much closer to the Franciscans than to the Roman Catholic Church in which I was baptized and yet is plagued by many terrible scandals.
The path into this discovery of self is the cross. The cross is a mirror. In seeing myself in that mirror, I see Christ crucified, and in seeing Christ crucified, I see my most authentic self.
In today’s Gospel, Jesus challenges us to consider the cost of discipleship. Like someone planning to build a tower or march into battle, we’re called to prepare our hearts for what it means to live a life rooted in Christ.
The reflection of ourselves in the cross is difficult to describe, and I’m sure equally difficult to understand or accept.
One of Jesus’ greatest commandments, rooted deep in his Jewish heritage, is that we should love our neighbor as ourselves.
Carlo Acutis, the millennial teenager whose story has impacted countless people all around the world, will soon be canonized by the Catholic Church.
My heart breaks for young people today who first encounter the world through an app.
The word ponder means “to weigh.” Do people need to weigh something about which they are absolutely certain?
What is the “lot of the saints?” In his letter to the Colossians, Paul speaks of giving thanks that we have been made worthy to partake of it. But what does he mean?
All workers–from the top executive to the farm workers to the mom caring for her children—bring their hearts and souls into their work. And for that we give thanks.
