Persuasive Peace
Murray Bodo, OFM
July 3, 2023
Peacefulness is its own persuasion. That is the best option for those committed to living the Gospel.
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Murray Bodo, OFM
Murray Bodo, OFM, is a Franciscan priest and a member of the Franciscan Academy. An award-winning author of many books, including Francis: The Journey and the Dream, Surrounded by Love: Seven Teachings of Saint Francis, and Nourishing Love: A Franciscan Celebration of Mary, he writes and lectures on Franciscan spirituality. As an internationally known poet, Fr. Bodo has participated in poetry readings in Europe and the United States. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.
God Will Show Us the Way
Murray Bodo, OFM
July 2, 2023
A preference for light and beauty is one of the reasons St. Francis was so successfully a peacemaker.
A Love Purified by the Love of God
Murray Bodo, OFM
July 1, 2023
In Francis’s life, it was the crucified Savior who spoke to him from the cross of San Damiano and whom he saw in lepers.
God Has Been There the Whole Time
Murray Bodo, OFM
June 30, 2023
Was there a defining moment when Francis realized that it was God he was trying to love?
Meet the Mystics: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Murray Bodo, OFM
June 2, 2023
St. Thérèse teaches us that Christian mysticism is not an esoteric branch of theology or something separate from the gospel life.
Meet the Mystics: St. John of the Cross
Murray Bodo, OFM
June 1, 2023
In John, as in all mystics, to be pure and completely open before God is the purpose of the dark night.
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