Franciscan Spirituality
Living Big and Taking Compassion a Step Further
Compassion suggests that we put ourselves into others’ shoes and try to look at the world from their perspective.
A Prayer for Carlo Acutis
Blessed Carlo Acutis' time on this earth was brief—only 15 years—but he showed the world that God's love does not recognize human time.
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Beginning Again with St. Francis
Conversion is the ongoing process of learning to live the gospel way of life given to us by Jesus and revealed to us by Francis and Clare.
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Capuchin Franciscans: Solidarity with the Poor
A group of Capuchin Franciscan friars in Boston is taking the idea of solidarity with the poor to a whole new level.
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Saint Francis Novena | Day One: Conversion
Francis was one of most free people who has ever lived—internally free, that is.
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Father Phil Ley, OFM Conv
San Antonio may be a half a world away from Assisi, but Father Phil Ley guesses that St. Francis would have found himself at home at a shelter that welcomes immigrants with no place else to go.
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Becoming Radically Open
If I’ve learned anything as a friar, it is that being a Christian means leaving behind everything and being totally fine with accepting whatever God gives me—big or small, happy or painful.
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