Franciscan Spirituality

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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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God’s Gift: The Ten Commandments

In 1988, Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, a multimillionaire, and a man of strong opinions, addressed the National Press Association in Atlanta about the Ten Commandments...
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Lent with Father Casey Cole: Keep Going

“I’ve made it.” In a moment of self-reflection, have you ever looked around at your life—all that you’ve done, all that you have, and all that the future holds—and realized that you were on a mountain?
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Lent with Father Casey Cole: Confidence

No one, no matter how powerful, can control how we feel or what we think of ourselves. And yet even the weakest words from the weakest people often do just that, even to adults.
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Sharing the Good News

Seek truth and report it. Minimize harm. Act independently. Be accountable and transparent. Those are the four principles that the Society of Professional Journalists says are the foundation of ethical journalism.
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Pope Francis looks out to the crowd before his weekly general audience in the Vatican audience hall Feb. 15, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Francis: Who Am I to Judge?

We are all masters, we are all experts, when it comes to justifying ourselves.
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Lent with Father Casey Cole: Identity

Guilty by association. While a concept that does not stand up in a court of law, we know that it is a very powerful force in the court of public opinion. When someone does something bad, the moral character of ...
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