Lent with Padre Pio: Easter Sunday
Franciscan Media
April 20, 2025
As we celebrate Sunday, let us remember to move forward in the spirit of Padre Pio—caring for and serving others so that they may come to know Christ.
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Hear Them Roar: In Awe of Strong Women
Christopher Heffron
May 13, 2020
We should encourage youth, especially girls, to focus on true role models. Let’s embolden them to retweet human-rights trailblazer Malala Yousafzai (1.6m followers) over reality television’s Kim Kardashian (64.8 million followers).
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Kids, Meet Mary
Susan Hines-Brigger
May 13, 2020
Last May, as my family sat in church, I noticed my then-five-year-old son, Alex, carefully eyeing the statue of Mary in the front of church. It had been decorated in honor of the month of May—the month of Mary. When ...
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Meet Zacchaeus, the Man with No Friends
Jim Van Vurst, OFM
May 13, 2020
One of the most endearing Gospel moments is when Zacchaeus, a tax collector for the Romans, spotted Jesus entering Jericho from his perch in a tree (Lk 19:1-10). If sinners were ranked by the Jews, tax collectors would be right ...
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Easter Triduum: Holy Thursday
Greg Friedman, OFM
May 12, 2020
“I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you.” —1 Corinthians 11:23
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The Poverty Mentality
Heather King
May 12, 2020
We can leave ourselves with too little money to share by overspending, over-sharing, over-giving. Compulsive generosity can result in its own kind of poverty.
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How Can Anyone Pray ‘Always’?
Richard Rohr, OFM
May 12, 2020
Over the centuries, the word prayer has been distorted and trivialized.
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