What Is Your Song?
A jazz saxophonist once put it this way: “Music pulls me deeper into being.”
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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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Lent with Padre Pio: Wednesday of Holy Week
Padre Pio was fully aware of his flaws. Often he would write to his spiritual adviser and others lamenting his lack of patience or acceptance of God’s will.
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Lent with Padre Pio: Tuesday of Holy Week
While things were not always as he wished, Padre Pio accepted what the Lord had asked of him.
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St. Francis, Contemplation, and Sister Earth
Franciscan contemplation opens the heart and mind to take in more of the world, its beauty and suffering. Contemplative practice dilates one’s heart, like a plant unfolding before Brother Sun’s energy. It heightens our consciousness—our awareness of relationships with God ...
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Lent with Padre Pio: Monday of Holy Week
Each of us has a special role to play in the life of the Church. Our task is to prayerfully discern what that role is.
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