An Armchair Pilgrimage to Assisi
Patti Normille
March 20, 2025
Spending time in Assisi—if only in our minds—can bring us closer to Saints Francis and Clare.
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Francis and Clare: Something Old, Something New
Richard Rohr, OFM
February 21, 2025
Francis and Clare did not let the old get in the way of the new, but like all religious geniuses, revealed what the old was saying all along.
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Mighty St. Clare
Christopher Heffron
January 26, 2025
St. Francis changed the world with his Gospel-infused spirituality, but he was also free to be an itinerant. His sister in faith, Clare, was just as effective in evangelizing without ever leaving San Damiano.
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Only God Can Change Hearts
Roch Niemier, OFM
January 11, 2025
Francis himself realized that prayer or fasting cannot change one’s heart. Only God can.
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Editorial: A Time to Rebuild
Franciscan Media
December 30, 2024
St. Francis told us to “begin again,” but first we need to rebuild the ruins in and around us.
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Be Your Truest Self
Roch Niemier, OFM
November 23, 2024
The path into this discovery of self is the cross. The cross is a mirror. In seeing myself in that mirror, I see Christ crucified, and in seeing Christ crucified, I see my most authentic self.
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