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The Franciscan Heart of Thomas Merton
15+ hour, 25+ min ago (324+ words) Daniel P. Horan, PhD, a longtime Thomas Merton scholar, professor, and author of The Franciscan Heart of Thomas Merton, sits down to discuss how the Franciscan tradition helped shape the journey and spirituality of Thomas Merton, one of the 20th century’s most…...
Why Go Barefoot?
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (190+ words) I know that some Carmelites are referred to as “discalced,” meaning that they don’t wear shoes. Is this some form of mortification? Discalced Carmelites are the minority within the Carmelite family; mostly, they are cloistered. There have also been discalced…...
How to Count Tithing
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (409+ words) Q. Our parish provides weekly contribution envelopes that ask us to give five percent of our pre-tax income to the parish and another five percent to charities of our choice. If we assist relatives or friends who need help, can this…...
What Is Required of Godparents?
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (222+ words) What are the requirements for being a godparent? Do both godparents have to be Catholic? Must there be a man and a woman? Can godparents be changed later if the first ones turn out not to be very good role…...
Why Mortify Myself?
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (269+ words) I have trouble placing mortification in perspective. I have heard that St. Josemaría Escrivá advised, “Choose mortifications that don’t mortify others.” What does that mean? Mortification could be described many ways, including “accepting reality as God sees it.” Mortification is…...
Discovering the Art of the Homily
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1014+ words) “How many of you own a pair of oxen? Raise your hand.” With that opening, I was eager to hear where Fr. Tom DiFalco would take us by the end of his homily on a passage from Matthew’s gospel: “Take…...
A Prayer for Artists
1+ week, 3+ day ago (132+ words) “Humanity in every age, even today, looks to works of art to shed light upon its path and destiny,” said Pope St. John Paul II. Artists have a unique gift to present eternal truths in a way that enlivens the…...
Nothing Can Separate Us
1+ week, 4+ day ago (150+ words) Today, reflect on the incredible power of the words from Romans 8:38–39. Today, reflect on the incredible power of the words from Romans 8:38–39: “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future…...
Eucharist: Symbol or Reality?
1+ week, 4+ day ago (245+ words) In our missalette for the Solemnity of the Epiphany the prayer over the gifts, the bread and wine, speaks of them as symbolizing Christ. But don’t most priests say they are really the body and blood of Jesus Christ? Are…...
Directionless but Divine
1+ week, 5+ day ago (196+ words) Both St. Francis and St. Bonaventure are said to have visited La Verna, a mountain donated to the Franciscans by Count Orlando of Chiusi, at times in their lives where they were wrestling with their divine calling. Bonaventure writes that…...