God's Grace

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Rely on God Alone

Edward Sri May 28, 2024

God challenges us all the time. Often we feel inadequate and ill-prepared.

Acting on the Beatitudes

Casey Cole, OFM March 25, 2024

This friar points to three ways we can better understand and live the joy of the beatitudes in our everyday lives.

Only a Breath Away

Monsignor Frank Bognanno March 7, 2024

We are not on a lonely journey, all alone on a long road. Our loving Father never takes his eyes off us.

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God’s Good Time

Joseph Grant January 10, 2024

Unpossessed by possessions, we are free to welcome our own poverty of spirit, for only those who know they are incomplete can be made whole.

Becoming Radically Open

Casey Cole, OFM September 22, 2023

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.

7 Things Catholics Need to Know about Suicide

Ronald Rolheiser, OMI August 24, 2023

Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. This renowned theologian has been speaking and writing about suicide for decades.

Notes from a Friar: The Mysterious Workings of Grace

Jim Van Vurst, OFM August 17, 2023

Grace is not a matter of “carrying God inside us.” It’s better to say that we are filled with God’s presence within us—along with our weaknesses and imperfections.