St. Francis Encounters the Crucified Christ
The Franciscan path to God is an inversion of monastic values. Rather than fleeing the world to find God, God is to be found in the world. The idea that “the world is our cloister” finds its root in Francis ...
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Prayer Lifts Us Up
Prayer lifts us out of the doldrums of mediocrity and complacency and draws us into the mystery of Christ.
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God Is in the Tension
The tension within each of us is not necessarily bad and is not sinful. Like our human emotions, the tension our longing causes is neutral.
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Breathe the Name, Jesus
Let’s speak Jesus’s name with tender love at every Hail Mary in the rosary.
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Prayer Is Never Ours
Perhaps the most beautiful truth about prayer is that it is never really ours.
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‘Your Heart Is to Be an Altar of God’
In writing to a Poor Clare, St. Bonaventure said, “Your heart is to be an altar of God. It is here that the fire of intense love must burn always.”
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