Carlo Acutis: You Belong to the Ages
Christopher Heffron
April 25, 2025
I have always categorized you, Carlo, as “the millennial saint,” but that is limiting. You are timeless.
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God-filled Mothers
Franciscan Media
November 18, 2017
In our present, fallen condition, the love we as mothers have for our children enables us to see more clearly into the window of our children’s souls, beholding their God-given glory more easily than other people are able to do. ...
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A Faith Like Mary's
Franciscan Media
November 15, 2017
Mary is our Mother, and she loves us deeply. Because she is a child of God herself and loves us so very much, she wants us to experience that same joy of being a child of God. She understands how ...
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The Sign of the Cross
Franciscan Media
November 14, 2017
What a wonderful habit it is to make the Sign of the Cross, to bring Christ to our minds and to our hearts as we carry the crosses of life on our shoulders. With this sign, we participate in the ...
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God Has Not Abandoned Us
Franciscan Media
November 13, 2017
We can write our own psalms of lament and express our prayers of suffering. In a journal or spoken aloud, our cries of abandonment and loneliness should come out. Perhaps the words that reflect the sorrow of our hearts can ...
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Into the Unknown
Franciscan Media
November 12, 2017
Sacrifice teaches us the joy of putting others first, while it strengthens us to respond decisively to the influence of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Yielding to God takes guts, like leaping off a high precipice into pitch darkness. ...
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Praise and Thank Him
Franciscan Media
November 11, 2017
The Church has given us the gift of the saints to show that God does great things in people’s lives. The saints, after all, were ordinary people, too. They needed to call on the Lord for help. By actively praising ...
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