Franciscan Spirituality

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A Way of Being in the World

I hope that in our life of faith we can bring our full selves.

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Love That Lifts

I know many of us feel disjointed right now, unsure of how we will ever feel whole as a nation again or engage in peaceful, fruitful dialogue.
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Jesus on the cross

God’s Face

In the Incarnation, God revealed to us who God is. The Incarnation showed us the face of God.
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Prayer Creates Space

Folding rather than hanging our clothes is a lot like praying rather than worrying about our lives.
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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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