Prayer
Names as an Act of Reverence
Some of the most powerful life lessons are taught through simple interactions or encounters.
Perfectly Imperfect
It’s a mistake to put St. Peter on a pedestal when we can learn more from the bumbling oaf he really was. Couldn’t he do better than tell Jesus to get lost? (“Depart from me for I am a sinful ...
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What’s Love Got to Do with It?
If pressed, it would be impossible for me to pick a particular text or tome from Friar Murray Bodo that I value most.
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God Is with Us in Our Suffering
“Bella, can you put it here?” I’m lying next to 3-year-old Xavier, hoping that we will both get to take a nap.
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A Deepened Relationship with God
Prayer is the cornerstone of Franciscan life, fostering a deep relationship with God.
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‘Your Heart Is to Be an Altar of God’
In writing to a Poor Clare, St. Bonaventure said, “Your heart is to be an altar of God. It is here that the fire of intense love must burn always.”
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Our True Source of Peace
“One is the human Spirit,” but the human Spirit is more than human because the human heart is unfathomable.
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