Franciscan Spirituality
Mary Elizabeth Imler, OSF: Scientist, Teacher, Sister
Sister Mary Elizabeth Imler, a Franciscan Sister of the Sacred Heart out of Frankfort, Illinois, came to her vocation through a love of studying and teaching science.
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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Bring Everything to Christ
People walked days to hear me preach and in such numbers that I often spoke outdoors.
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Defining Prayer Anew
And though you believe you hold no hope, you just bought three pears and are waiting for them to ripen in the bowl.
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Lent with Padre Pio: Holy Saturday
For years, followers of Padre Pio waited for the Church to recognize what they felt they already knew—he was a saint.
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Lent with Padre Pio: Good Friday
Padre Pio was investigated by the Vatican regarding his claims of the stigmata and many suggested that he was inflicting the wounds on himself.
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Lent with Padre Pio: Holy Thursday
Though he did not eat very much, Padre Pio found great nourishment in receiving the Eucharist, just as we should.
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