Death

Jesus, My Love!

Theresa Doyle-Nelson April 20, 2024

I’m always intrigued with people’s last words before they pass on. Blessed Eleanor Arcangela’s (1460–1495) last words were, “Jesus, my love!”

young man looking into the sky during sunset

Notes from a Friar: A Closer Look at Heaven

Jim Van Vurst, OFM July 31, 2023

Eternity will be the revelation not only of all God’s love and goodness, but also of all that we have meant to each other.

Words fall short | Chapel in Sedona, Arizona | dimitar donovski via unsplash

When Words Fall Short

Stephen Copeland June 23, 2023

Sometimes icons, symbols, nature, and art can take us where words cannot.

Embracing Our Own Mortality

Kyle Kramer June 23, 2023

Living a deep, intentional, fully present, values-aligned life is one of the most pleasurable and satisfying things you can do in the face of your mortality.

Reflect I am once again trying to wrap my head around the news of another school shooting. In the blink of an eye, another six people are gone, three of them children. As a mom, these constant shootings terrify me. ...

‘We Will See Him’: An Easter Message

Mark Soehner, OFM March 24, 2023

This Easter we, too, will gather with our hopelessness and despair over our world's tragedies. But if we will allow it, also with all our potential, we will become witnesses to the Resurrection.