Franciscan Inspirations: St. Joseph
Jim Van Vurst, OFM
May 20, 2020
Next to Mary, the mother of Jesus, there was no one closer to Jesus than Joseph, the spouse of Mary and the carpenter of Nazareth.
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Saint Who? Deicolus of Lure
Brian O'Neel
May 19, 2020
A Saint for Senior Citizens • ca. 530–January 18, 625 • Memorial: January 18
Saint Who? Fiacre
Brian O'Neel
May 19, 2020
Worker of the Land • b. 7th century–d. August 18, ca. 670 • Memorial: August 18
Saint Who? Pietro Parenzo
Brian O'Neel
May 19, 2020
Deeply Devoted and Passionate • d. May 21, 1199 • Canonized: 1879 • Memorial: May 21
Saint Who? Rasso of Andechs
Brian O'Neel
May 19, 2020
The Gentle Giant • ca. 880—d. 953 • Memorial: May 17 and June 1
Faith and Family for May 24: Go and Make Disciples
Franciscan Media
May 19, 2020
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MT 28:16-20
The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them. When they saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted. Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
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by Father Greg Friedman, OFM
Turning Empathy into Action
Melanie Rigney
May 18, 2020
“The important thing is to do charity, not to talk about charity. We must understand the work with very poor people as a God’s chosen mission.” — Saint Irma Dulce Lopes Pontes
Living Life to the Full
Melanie Rigney
May 18, 2020
“I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!” Jesus told the disciples (Luke 12:49).
A Choice to Be Radical
Melanie Rigney
May 18, 2020
How in the world could a group of women, ranging in age from nine to ninety-three at their deaths, women formally canonized by the Catholic Church for heroic virtues and associated miracles, be considered radical? Because being a Christian is radical. The word radical comes from the Latin radicalis, meaning “of or relating to a root.” When Christ and his teachings are our foundation, we are on a radical path, a path people have struggled to walk for more than two thousand years.
Pray on the Way: A Pilgrimage Story
Barbara Beckwith
May 17, 2020
I went through Italy last summer. Franciscan Pilgrimage Programs took our group to places associated with Saint Michael the Archangel, Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), Saints Francis and Clare of Assisi, Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Pope John XXIII.