Catholic Saints

Lent with St. Francis: We’re All Sinners

Diane M. Houdek February 20, 2021

We find it difficult to admit when we’re wrong, when we’ve sinned. And it seems the more we try to live good Christian lives, the harder it gets to acknowledge how often we fail.

Lent with St. Francis: True Fasting

Diane M. Houdek February 19, 2021

Religious practices can never become more important than the end to which they lead: love of God and love of neighbor.

Lent with St. Francis: Take Up Your Cross

Diane M. Houdek February 18, 2021

If our own goals, possessions, and even families and friends distract us from the Lord’s call, then we are not truly choosing life.

Lent with St. Francis: Be Faithful to the Gospel

Diane M. Houdek February 17, 2021

“Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel.” These are the words most often used as we are signed with ashes. It is a call to conversion, a call to follow Christ, a call to change our lives.

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St. Francis and the Marrow of the Gospel

Richard Rohr, OFM February 4, 2021

For St. Francis, the heart of Franciscan spirituality is found deep within the Gospel.

The Holy Humility of St. Francis

Pat McCloskey, OFM January 28, 2021

Humility is the guardian and the ornament of all virtues. This virtue filled St. Francis in a more copious abundance, so that nothing should be wanting to a man adorned with so many gifts.