Lent with St. Clare: Palm Sunday
Franciscan Media
April 2, 2023
Palm Sunday marks a profound moment in Clare’s life. It is on this day that, in the middle of the night and with the help of others, she left behind the life that she had known.
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Lent with St. Clare: Fifth Saturday
Franciscan Media
April 1, 2023
For most of us, Francis and Clare are intricately woven together in their desire to bring people to Christ. Many times, one is not mentioned without the other.
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Lent with St. Clare: Ash Wednesday
Franciscan Media
February 22, 2023
Today is the start of our Lenten journey. On our foreheads we wear ashes, a sign that we are made of dust and to dust we shall return. Such an outward sign conveys a message that words do not.
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The Brief Life of St. Francis
Murray Bodo, OFM
October 4, 2021
The man who longed to be a knight, a man of war, dies a man of peace, at peace with God, with himself, and with all of creation.
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The Courage to Change: Wisdom from Assisi
Gillian T.W. Ahlgren
October 4, 2020
Metanoia is a process of change, of deepening conversion. Francis and Clare can be models for us today as we try to live out the Gospel in our own challenging times.
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Notes from a Friar: The Core Teachings of St. Francis
Murray Bodo, OFM
August 3, 2020
The bedrock of St. Francis' ministry is the foundation under which his brothers walk today.
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