Franciscan Spirituality

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Love Heals, Builds, and Binds

When the realities of life hit, and you have lost everything, what is left is the stunning beauty of our relationships with one another, with this world, and with God. 

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Living Waters May Flow

St. Francis of Assisi once said, “Create within yourself a place where God might dwell.”
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Gospel Poverty

I have found a tremendous amount of foundational stability, trust, and comfort in the generosity of others.
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‘Son of Man’ or ‘Son of God’? 

Why does Jesus refer to himself much more often as the “Son of Man” than as the “Son of God”?  You are right about his preferred self-description. Using the Concordance of the New American Bible, I count in the Gospel ...
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Made in God’s Spirit

If we are made in God’s spirit, then our first “church” were the bodies given to us.
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Do Not Close Your Ears

Too often, the poor, the needy, the homeless, and the destitute are not heard.
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The Beauty of Bonaventure

St. Bonaventure experienced God’s love as revealed in the humility and suffering of Christ, whose cross enables us to experience God’s companionship and the power to change our lives.
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