LIFE OF A SILENCE FRANCISCAN

As I sat at my desk on Monday morning, working, my thoughts turned to the future of speaking to parishioners.  Suddenly, I heard a voice...

Have you ever had a moment when you were doing something and then suddenly had a flashback of the earliest memory of your childhood that...

Week three of Lent 2023 is the midway point toward Easter Sunday. This week is to practice compassion through prayers. Prayer is the...

This week is the second week of Lent, reflecting on “Compassionate Listening”[1] as part of this year’s Lent daily devotional. I am...

"For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." Matthew 6:21 (KJV) The treasure is a gift that God gave you the day you were...

“Let there be light.” Genesis 1:3 I have read the creation story several times up until now, and a new profound perspective changed how I...

"When you pray, enter into thy closet,...pray to thy Father which is in secret." Matthew 6:6 The closet during Jesus’ time was a luxury...

...take up his cross, and follow me. - Matthew 16:24 (KJV) Several times Jesus would say to his friends, “Follow me.”  And every one of...

As I prayed this morning, I learned to pray inward instead of outward. God’s Spirit, the Holy Spirit, is listening to my internal...