Franciscan Spirituality
Let Us Pray: Be Fearless in Prayer
The strongest and most vibrant relationships are those sustained by good, healthy habits.
Curious Detail Supports Jesus’ Resurrection
I realize that the New Testament Gospels differ on some details about the women who found Jesus’ tomb empty on Easter Sunday morning.
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Sister Barbara Vano, OSF
“I think God is remarkably patient—and has a great sense of humor," Sister Barb says.
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What Is Perfect Joy?
In a true fraternity the friars have learned to see their own brokenness, their jealousy, their desire for power.
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A Love Divine
The spirituality of St. Francis is not so much about the heroic deed as it is about the heroic love with which even the smallest deed is done.
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Called to Save the World
All around the world people are looking for meaning and finding it in strange, even destructive places.
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God Moves in Us
The point of reflecting on the stages of contemplative prayer is not so that I may begin progressing on the path.
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