Franciscan Spirituality

The Gifts of Advent Day 1: The Waiting Time

Instead of having to slow down, we need to remind ourselves that we’re in the perfect time and place for long and leisurely conversations with God.

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Thanksgiving-table

Thanksgiving: A Feast for the Soul

Grateful thinking helps people extract the most possible enjoyment from their circumstances.
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Food & Gratitude

It is good to celebrate those moments where companionship around the table becomes a form of communion, where fantastic food seals friendships, where our vitality and our spirituality truly “wine and dine” together.
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soldier

Welcome Home, Soldier

As we help soldiers return to civilian life, sometimes it’s best simply to listen.
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painting of Blessed John Duns Scotus

John Duns Scotus: His View of Christ

Was the sin of Adam and Eve the main reason Christ came to save the world? Not really, says Blessed John Duns Scotus, a Franciscan theologian of the 13th century.
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Sister Jannette-Pruit quote

Sister Jannnette Pruitt

“Transition comes to everyone,” Sister Jannette Pruitt, OSF, says “and when it does, I trust in God and try to take life one day at a time.”
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Catholic Saints atop St. Peter's in Rome

Quotes from Catholic Saints

The Catholic Saints have left us volumes of knowledge and inspiration to satisfy us.
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