OFS Ongoing
Therefore, in my secular state I promise to live all the days of my life the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Secular Franciscan Order by observing its rule of life. May the grace of the Holy Spirit, the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary and our holy father St. Francis, and the fraternal bonds of community always be my help, so that I may reach the goal of perfect Christian love.
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Victory, Part Two
Acts 10: 34, 37-43 (The 1st reading from the Mass on Easter Day) Then Peter began to speak: “You know what has happened throughout the province of Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached—how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good…
From Genesis to John
John 1:1-3, Genesis 1:1-5, John 1:9 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him, God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the…
Victory, Part One
In the first reflection in this series, I recounted a very intimate experience of the Passion that the Holy Spirit was kind enough to grant me. I closed the main body of that writing with the words, “He (Jesus) has made my hope for eternal salvation possible! This is the Victory of Easter!” As I…
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