Franciscan Spirituality
Loving God Means Loving Creation
We must foster a genuine and affectionate connection to our world before we can effect change within it.
Carlo Acutis: ‘Thy Eternal Summer Shall Not Fade’
When I think about Carlo Acutis, like everybody, I think of his youth. And that inevitably makes me think of my own teen years. The summer before my senior year of high school, Pete, a classmate of mine, was killed ...
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The Touch of God
It is not a matter of “carrying God inside us.” That would be too mechanical. It’s better to say that we are filled with God’s presence within us—along with our weaknesses and imperfections.
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‘I Am the Vine, You Are the Branches’
Clare’s name means “light.” She is the bright, shining one who reflected God’s love into the world.
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Creation Never Hurries
Creation will not hurry. Yet, as life thrives and evolves, God will accomplish everything.
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Build Bridges, Not Walls
How is it that a 13th-century mystic can speak to a crisis that we face in our own time?
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Padre Pio’s habit, rare relics coming to US