Franciscan Saints
A Look Back at the Life of Padre Pio
Fr. Bryan Shortall, OFM Cap.
May 9, 2020
Throughout his life, the boy who became Padre Pio was to bear a huge resemblance to the seraphic saint.
What Is Your View on Reality?
Richard Rohr, OFM
May 9, 2020
Everybody looks at the world through their own lens, a matrix of culturally inherited qualities, family influences, and other life experiences.
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Saint Francis Makes Bethlehem Real
Jeremy Harrington, OFM
May 9, 2020
A joyful Christmas to you! Thanks for spending a minute with me on this great day.
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Saint Anthony, the Contemplative
Jack Wintz, OFM
May 9, 2020
It was not until the year 2002 that I discovered the very first book ever written about Saint Anthony of Padua.
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St. Clare, COVID-19, and the Communion of Saints
Pauline J. Albert, PhD
April 25, 2020
“He died alone!” “We were not with her!” These lamentations are heard daily as people recount the most bitter experience of losing a loved one to COVID-19.
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‘Who are you, my God, and who am I?’
Judy Zarick
April 12, 2020
One of the stories about Francis of Assisi relates how a brother watched the saint in prayer, and heard him pray the words, “Who are you, Lord my God, and who am I?”
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Lent with the Saints: Bernardine of Siena
Greg Friedman, OFM
April 2, 2020
Bernardine was acknowledged as a great preacher of the era. He had entered the Franciscans at age twenty-two, after spending time nursing plague victims in his hometown of Siena, Italy.
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