St. Francis: Weak in Body, Strong in Spirit
Murray Bodo, OFM, and Susan Saint Sing
April 11, 2024
The beauty of Francis’s world after his experience of the San Damiano cross is that it largely shielded him.
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Wait in Silence
Murray Bodo, OFM, and Susan Saint Sing
April 10, 2024
I have found that if someone is going to work hard at being immersed in God, the effort should not be just in the praying itself but in becoming yourself a place of prayer.
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‘God Breaks through to Me’
Murray Bodo, OFM, and Susan Saint Sing
April 9, 2024
What happens is that you realize that you cannot connect to God by sheer force of will or by a multitude of prayers.
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Remember to Remember God
Murray Bodo, OFM, and Susan Saint Sing
April 8, 2024
I have tried to learn from St. Francis. In my home, pinned to the curtain of my front door, is a reminder—"Remember to remember God."
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Padre Pio and the Madonna
Fr. Francesco Napolitano
April 5, 2024
Padre Pio nurtured his love for the Mother of Jesus from the time he was a child. He would go to the church in Pietrelcina to greet and to pray to Our Lady of Graces.
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You Are a Son of Heaven
Richard Rohr, OFM
April 5, 2024
Francis undoubtedly carried a bit of guilt about his dramatic and showy rejection of his father in the city square many years before.
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