Franciscan Spirituality

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Life Is Amazing

All life is utterly dependent upon our planet for everything it needs. God provides everything through creation.

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Winged Creatures

Bring them into your circle of awareness, all of God’s creatures being breathed by life right now in this present moment.
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We Must Always Pursue God

Thomas Merton said that what it means to be myself is to be my true self.
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Communion Call

Stand in the winter’s cold Where the warmth of animals surrounds the mother’s love.
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Advent with the Saints: Francis of Assisi

St. Francis left his prosperous life in Assisi and descended to the marshes to serve the lepers.
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Advent with the Saints: Elizabeth

Elizabeth must have had a pretty good press agent. Her story gets three days’ worth of exposure in the run-up to Christmas!
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Advent with the Saints: Ruth

A Scripture scholar once commented that the genealogy in Matthew’s Gospel is one of the least-appreciated parts of the Bible.
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