Prayer
Franciscan Inspirations: A Magnificent and Simple Faith
Saint Paul put the faith in simple terms: “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Simple, is it not?
We Belong to God
Grateful living is a celebration of the universal give-and-take of life, a limitless “yes” to belonging.
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Notes from a Friar: ‘I See His Blood Upon the Rose’
This poem is a perfect reminder of God’s great gift of love as revealed through the suffering and rising of Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Word.
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Thoughts on Praying Simply
Probably one of the most commonly used words in our Catholic faith is prayer.
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Angels All around Us
My experience with Michael—and others who have touched my life—seems as though God sent my guardian angel in human form. Reflecting on how God has entered my life through “angels,” I realized that my prayer also led me to ponder ways ...
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St. Francis’ Style of Prayer
Prayer is about God and our relationship to God. How we understand God’s relationship to us is very important. If I use distant and remote language to speak of God, then I will imagine that God is distant and remote.
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Story of the Sacred Heart
Devotion to the heart pierced on Calvary is nearly as old as Christianity, but it has undergone many changes over the centuries.
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