
We Are Interconnected
Darleen Pryds, PhD
April 24, 2025
When the realities of life hit, and you have lost everything, what is left is the stunning beauty of our relationships with one another, with this world, and with God.
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Building Up the Body of Christ
Franciscan Media
December 2, 2017
Saint Francis could have become a carnival sideshow all by himself if he had failed to foster an attitude of humility. Whatever good we accomplish is due much more to God’s grace and mercy than to our talents and cleverness. ...
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Surrounded by Love
Brother David Steindl-Rast
December 1, 2017
We may read volumes and volumes on the art of swimming, yet we’ll never understand what swimming is like unless we get wet. So we may read all the books ever written on the love of God and never understand ...
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A Church of the Streets
Franciscan Media
November 30, 2017
I prefer a Church which is bruised, hurting, and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a Church which is unhealthy from clinging to its own security. My hope is that we will be moved by ...
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God Is Love
Brother David Steindl-Rast
November 29, 2017
Since every thing, every person, every situation comes from God, the whole world is Word by which we can live. We need only “taste and see how good God is.” We do this with all our senses. Through whatever we ...
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Holy Families
Franciscan Media
November 27, 2017
Every family is a work in progress, but each one can move toward wholeness. Circumstances differ, but every family needs peace, love, and trust. Christian hope springs from belief in God’s presence during life’s high and low points. In the ...
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Loving Mary
Franciscan Media
November 26, 2017
The attitude of Mary shows us that being comes before doing, and to leave the doing to God in order to be truly as he wants us. Mary is receptive, but not passive. Because, on the physical level, she receives ...
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