Franciscan Spirituality
Prayer Creates Space
Folding rather than hanging our clothes is a lot like praying rather than worrying about our lives.
Mary the Mystic
All mystics wonder what is happening to them when the Holy Spirit asks them to believe the seemingly impossible notion that God wants to enter their lives.
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‘I Am Consumed with Guilt and Sorrow’
Q. I am feeling very guilty. I was driving my car and accidentally hit a man with my side mirror. I never saw him, and I don’t know if he stepped in front of me or not. The only reason ...
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This Communion of Saints
Life is change. But it is not antithetical to what came before, it is not a negation of that, or an elimination of it. In some ways, it might be a building upon it.
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Love Builds
From the depth of St. Francis' relationship with God, he intuited a profound understanding of the human ego.
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Open Your Heart to Grace
Jesus is with us now and assures us he will not leave us orphans.
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Restless Hearts Fixed on God
I spend my last night of my pilgrimage to Italy on the balcony of my hotel room drinking wine and looking up at a heavy sky.
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