Dear Reader: Celebrating the Feast of St. Francis
Susan Hines-Brigger
October 1, 2022
Of all the issues our staff puts together in a year, I think October might be my favorite.
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Sharing the Word for October 1, 2022
Jim Van Vurst, OFM
October 1, 2022
One of the graces each of us has is being an “instrument of peace” that God can use for the sake of others. Indeed, we are the hands of God in touching the lives of others.
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Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
Franciscan Media
October 1
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux is perhaps one of the most known and best loved saints in the Catholic calendar. A young Carmelite nun who wanted to go to the missions, she remained within the cloister yet became the patron of ...
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Just Knock
Natalie Ryan
October 1, 2022
God already knows the desires of our hearts, but he wants us to ask. Our loved ones know that we love them, but it feels good to hear and to say. God enjoys our heart-to-heart conversations with him too.
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Novena to St. Francis | Day Seven: Love
Christopher Meyer
October 1, 2022
In the “Canticle,” Francis expresses a way of life, an inner attitude in which he learned to stand before God and to face life itself.
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The Glory of Simply Existing
Murray Bodo, OFM
October 1, 2022
Its life, so brief and vulnerable, was an act of praise as everyone’s life should be.
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