Franciscan Spirituality
St. Francis and Pope Francis: Our Environmental Teachers
Francis of Assisi is my model. He saw the world as a paradise and everything in it as gifts of the Father.
Body and Earth: Reclaiming the Connection
All good work should connect us—bodies and souls, creatures and creation.
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Easter Prayer
Risen One… I turn to you as my model of spiritual growth.Open my entire being to your grace-filled presence,and teach me repeatedly how to enter into my own tomb-times. Grant trust in my ability to abide in the tomb of ...
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An Easter Pageant in Three Liturgical Acts
Death and sin have been conquered; life and grace reign supreme. We just have to have a major gala of happiness and rejoicing.
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Lent with Father Casey Cole: Filling a Hungry Heart
Chinese food is one of the many gifts from God on this earth. Cheap, easily accessible, usually sold in enormous quantities, and basically uniform in quality across the country.
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Lent: More Than Penance
To think of Lent only as a time of penance is to do it an injustice.
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Lent with Father Casey Cole: Death
My grandmother lived a very long, full life. In the 91 years before she died, she raised a family of 10 children—her crown jewel—who then produced her 28 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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