May the Lord Give You Peace! Below is the podcast featuring Bill and Sister. Just hit the play button on the far left. Try these highlights as talking points for use in a formation setting: Listen as they discuss letting go of fear and accepting “the peace of God that transcends understanding” in this timeContinue reading “On Franciscan Peace, Podcast #1: Bill Schmitt and Sister Agnes Marie Regan”
Author Archives: Tim Short
On Franciscan Peace, the Introduction
“May the Lord Give you Peace!” It’s now just a little over two months since this blog was launched. The content of the posts has varied greatly, but it is important to keep in mind that one driving force behind this website is the provision of formation materials for Secular Franciscans. As the introduction toContinue reading “On Franciscan Peace, the Introduction”
Journey thru John, Chapter 8: Freedom and Love
This entire chapter is a direct continuation of the previous chapter. It is the next day and Jesus is once again teaching in the temple courts. Stay in the scene and watch the various exchanges between Jesus and the Jews. Continue your process of discernment about the message Jesus is conveying. If He is takingContinue reading “Journey thru John, Chapter 8: Freedom and Love”
Dancing in Heaven
Hopefully, you will not find this too personal, but I am feeling a strong need (which will soon be clearer) to share it. It’s Saturday morning. I did not sleep well last night. Sometimes this happens if I worked too hard physically the day before. The soreness makes me restless and uncomfortable and we preppedContinue reading “Dancing in Heaven”
Journey thru John, Chapter 7: Defining the Word “World”
Placing yourself in the scene for this chapter is perhaps especially important. The tension between Jesus and the Jews is building throughout the chapter. If you were a critic reviewing a novel, you would be congratulating the author on how superbly he uses this chapter to develop the main conflict of the story. “The JewsContinue reading “Journey thru John, Chapter 7: Defining the Word “World””
One Click to the Rule
The OFS Rule is the heartbeat of who and what we are meant to be as Secular Franciscans. As is noted in the page “About Formation,” it is one of three key resources that we must have available to us at all times if we are to thrive in the life we have professed. InContinue reading “One Click to the Rule”
Free Resource for May Crowning
Just received this in my email yesterday from my good friend and fraternity sister Patricia who works for the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. It is a free resource meant to facilitate the celebration of a May Crowning in the home. Thought it might be something that many FranciscansContinue reading “Free Resource for May Crowning”
Journey thru John, Chapter 6: Francis’ Passion for the Eucharist
I know that as a Franciscan, I should say Assisi. But in all honesty, if there was one place in the world that I could go, I would pick Capernaum. The archaeologists (some of them Franciscan friars, who are the caretakers for the site) say that the ruins of the synagogue that stand there todayContinue reading “Journey thru John, Chapter 6: Francis’ Passion for the Eucharist”
Journey thru John, Chapter 5: Obedience and Spiritual Poverty
For this chapter, it seemed to me that the best time to ask you to enter the scene was not at the beginning of my reflection, but at the end. Hopefully that makes sense after you’re done reading. If you already did your reflection based on your own, that’s great. It’s what you are supposedContinue reading “Journey thru John, Chapter 5: Obedience and Spiritual Poverty”
Interacting in Community Despite the Pandemic
One of the reasons for pushing forward to launch this website now was the express hope that it would provide a way for Secular Franciscans to interact with each other while we are all isolated and practicing social distancing in the midst of the corona virus pandemic. As you can see by the email below,Continue reading “Interacting in Community Despite the Pandemic”
OFS Ongoing 