Franciscan Spirituality
Love Is Our Calling
In a world of silly love songs, it is easy to ask, “What’s love got to do with it?” rather than trust the love that we have already encountered as believers.
Foundational Love
Great religion seeks utter awareness and full consciousness, so that we can, in fact, receive all. Everything belongs and everything can be received.
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Born to Eternal Life
The resurrection, the foundation of Christian hope, is knitted into the very sinews of every deciduous ash, aspen, beech, birch, cherry, elm, and hickory tree.
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Prayer Lifts Us Up
Prayer lifts us out of the doldrums of mediocrity and complacency and draws us into the mystery of Christ.
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Hatred Is a Virus
We cannot rewrite history—though it is our duty to learn from it. And there is a legacy for us to fall back on.
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One Loving Body of Christ
Jesus said that love is acts, that you have to do something when you love.
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Unity through Community
Our Franciscan tradition speaks to the idea of unity through community.
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