Sage Words from St. Pio
Franciscan Media
January 31, 2025
Despite our imperfections, God looks on the preparations of our hearts.
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‘Come Before Him with Joyful Song’
Murray Bodo, OFM
October 20, 2024
Francis loved to sing. It freed his spirit and turned the human voice, so often an organ of selfishness and sin, into an instrument of celebration.
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Love Must Expand
Leonard Foley, OFM
October 19, 2024
Love simply must expand, radiating its light and warmth in all directions. The happier we are, the more we want to tell others, to share our happiness with them.
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Beggar, Mystic, Man of God
Murray Bodo, OFM
October 18, 2024
Francis had noticed that when he went begging, few people looked into his eyes. They seemed always to avoid eye contact, either from embarrassment or fear or contempt.
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Forgiveness Leads to Peace
Richard B. Patterson, Ph.D.
October 17, 2024
As others have written, the person who benefits most from forgiving is the one who forgives.
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Doorway to Awakening
Richard B. Patterson, Ph.D.
October 16, 2024
The last line of St. Francis’ prayer presents us with one of the paradoxes of the spiritual journey.
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St. Teresa of Avila: Prayer Coach
Gina Loehr
October 15, 2024
St. Teresa’s prayer life did culminate in the “spiritual rain” of mystical union with Christ.
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