Blogs and Franciscan Moments

It’s almost time. Christmas will soon be here and many of us will struggle. Some of us have anticipatory…

  As you see, Advent is a season of preparation and waiting for the coming of our Messiah, Jesus Christ. There…

We’re so used to our image of John the Baptist hanging out in the desert, that something that would have…

That, the name of today’s Solemnity as we come to the final week of the Liturgical Year, certainly sounds as…

This Sunday, as Catholics on this Sunday’s Solemnity of Christ the King, we will sit and ponder the meaning of…

Do you ever feel like you have nothing to offer? I can only imagine how the widow felt that day…

Most of you have heard enough of my preaching that you won’t be surprised when I tell you that I…

‘Well, of course I am’, many of us would respond. I’m baptized. I go to church. I give in the…

Every time the Sunday Scriptures deal with the topic of marriage, I automatically recall one of my favorite passages from…

As the nation deals with the recovery from Hurricane Helene, I cant help but remember when Joel Osteen led his…

I was asked the other day how I was doing. I told my therapist, “All is want is peace.” Then,…

Dear Friends, I have been trying really hard not to get caught up in Facebook arguments. But the other day I…

I’m sitting here in my apartment in Assisi reading the Scriptures for this coming Sunday. As I read James explaining…

It has been said that Jesus came proclaiming an upside-down kingdom. It’s a catchy way of saying that so much…

Uh oh. In today’s gospel, Jesus says his followers must “Take up their cross.” These words always make me nervous—not because they…

Mark’s Gospel this week brings us that denouement moment when Peter says, ‘You are the Christ’! This is known as the Petrine…

Now there’s a word. It’s the Greek word Jesus uses in Mark’s gospel when healing the deaf man. It means be…

I have always loved this story in Mark’s Gospel. A deaf-mute man makes his way to Jesus, begging him to…

So, what are the “things that come out from within you”? That’s what Jesus asks this week in Mark’s gospel….

I’m going to be upfront with you. This Sunday’s Scripture and lesson is for you who take following Jesus seriously,…