Franciscan Spirituality
Hey, Mom and Dad…Slow Down!
The other day I was driving to work when I got caught in a massive traffic jam courtesy of a construction project.
‘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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A Reflection on Planet Earth
In an era when people form and reinforce their opinions entirely within a chosen bubble of like minds, any earnest quest for truth seems almost quaint. How did truth become so passé?
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St. Clare of Assisi: A Little Plant or a Mighty Oak?
Saint Clare of Assisi offered a new approach to authority and sisterhood, to community prayer, to the enclosure, and to financial security.
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Radical Saint, Radical Faith: Clare of Assisi
Clare of Assisi gave up a world of privilege for a world of poverty. Her radical faith is a model for us all.
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Franciscan Inspirations: Grains of Sand
Jesus spoke of the potential of the tiny mustard seed: “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to [this] mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you” (Lk ...
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How Saint Anthony Found Me
Saint Anthony of Padua is a name that conjures up many ideas and images: some factual, some the stuff of legends, some just plain silly.
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