I’d Like to Say: It’s Time to Act Like St. Francis
Brother Gregory Cellini, OSF
October 25, 2024
In our world of differing political opinions, this Franciscan brother asks you to consider what St. Francis would do to cultivate respect and understanding.
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I’d Like to Say: We Need to Stop ‘Othering’
Christopher Heffron
May 24, 2024
The time-honored practice of labeling and excluding those who differ from us is eating away at our Christian call to love one another.
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Bedrock of Franciscan Peacemaking
Murray Bodo, OFM
May 12, 2024
Mutual giving and receiving is the bedrock of Franciscan peacemaking.
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Following the Better Angels of Our Nature
Bruce Epperly
March 6, 2024
In his first inaugural address, President Abraham Lincoln counseled his listeners to follow the better angels of their nature. War was on the horizon, and yet Lincoln asserted that “we are not enemies, but friends.”
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Strangers to Brothers: St. Francis and the Sultan
Murray Bodo, OFM
December 27, 2023
As Francis drew nearer, the Sultan’s expression changed to one of mild amusement. Francis couldn’t help returning the expression.
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Beware the Contagion of War
Brian D. McLaren
December 26, 2023
As atrocities continue on both sides of the conflict in the Holy Land, the striking Franciscan vision of a more peace-loving world is all the more needed.
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