Lent with the Saints: Stephen
Greg Friedman, OFM
April 3, 2020
In his life and death, Stephen claims identification with Jesus and his power and presence in the world.
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Greg Friedman, OFM
Greg Friedman, OFM, is a Franciscan communicator working to promote the mission of the friars in the Holy Land
Lent with the Saints: Bernardine of Siena
Greg Friedman, OFM
April 2, 2020
Bernardine was acknowledged as a great preacher of the era. He had entered the Franciscans at age twenty-two, after spending time nursing plague victims in his hometown of Siena, Italy.
Lent with the Saints: Maximilian Mary Kolbe
Greg Friedman, OFM
April 1, 2020
Conventual Franciscan Maximilian Kolbe, imprisoned in Auschwitz in 1941, witnessed many fellow prisoners taken to the gas chambers or killed in other brutal ways.
Lent with the Saints: Leonard of Port Maurice
Greg Friedman, OFM
March 31, 2020
In recent years the Holy Father has led the Way of the Cross during Holy Week at the Colosseum in Rome. This annual custom would have pleased the great Franciscan preacher Leonard of Port Maurice.
Lent with the Saints: Margaret of Cortona
Greg Friedman, OFM
March 30, 2020
St. Margaret of Cortona was a thirteenth-century Italian orphaned at seven. She later lived with a man to whom she bore a son out of wedlock.
Lent with the Saints: Jeremiah
Greg Friedman, OFM
March 29, 2020
There the Lord promises a “new covenant” to the people. Once again, Jeremiah anticipates Jesus.
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