Prayer

Pray for Asylum Seekers

Christopher Heffron February 27, 2026

It takes grit to cross a border for a better life, irrespective of laws. Asylum seekers are God’s beloved, too.

I read somewhere a theory that after death we live our lives over again to see the sins we committed, the people we hurt, and that impact on others. At my advanced age, I am constantly recalling various times in ...

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A Franciscan Celebration of the Psalms

Franciscan Media February 25, 2026

What makes the Psalms so powerful for us Christians is that they are prayers in God’s own words.

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God’s Work in Us

Stephen Copeland February 25, 2026

Let yourself pray without asking God for “something that I want.”

Small crucifix with Jesus hanging from a car mirror

Jesus With Us

Jim Van Vurst, OFM February 21, 2026

As a people of faith, we are wonderfully blessed to know that Jesus experienced death.

man walking in the desert, looking into the distance.

Go and Find God in the Desert

Martin J.P. Gianotti February 13, 2026

It wasn’t until God’s people utilized the lesson from the desert that they made Jericho’s walls fall to the ground and began the storming of the Promised Land.

person looking into the night sky filled with stars.

Intimacy with God

Murray Bodo, OFM February 12, 2026

There is a mysticism for everyone. The mysticism Francis offers is for all believers, a mysticism that he illustrates through the gestures of his own life.