Love As St. Francis Did
Maureen O'Brien
February 17, 2025
To fully love as Francis did, there is no compartmentalizing. Can I follow this example?
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Maureen O'Brien
Maureen O'Brien's award-winning short stories and poems have been published widely in magazines and anthologies. She lives in Connecticut, where taught creative writing to teenagers for 25 years. She holds an MA in creative writing and a BA in philosophy and religion. She is the author of What Was Lost: Seeking Refuge in the Psalms and Gather the Fragments: My Year of Finding God’s Love (Franciscan Media).
This Tabernacle
Maureen O'Brien
February 9, 2025
The word tabernacle, a word found in Scripture, isn’t one we use every day. Yet it has beautiful music to it, and a cherished meaning for us as follows of Christ.
Love Abounds
Maureen O'Brien
February 7, 2025
We return over and over to the same place, a connection to the unswerving, the unchanging: God.
St. Francis and the Gift of Love
Maureen O'Brien
January 24, 2025
The Franciscan way encourages us to be present to love—right here, right now.
A Window Washed Clean
Maureen O'Brien
January 23, 2025
What do you want clarity on right now? Sometimes it takes such patience in prayer, waiting for guidance, of choices we need to make, things we might need to say to a loved one, or paths to take.
Prayer for Priests
Maureen O'Brien
January 14, 2025
Have you known a priest (or priests) along your journey who has helped transform your faith, trust, and hope?
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