John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. Romans 10:9-13 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believeContinue reading “The Belief of St. Francis”
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The Humility of St. Francis
Matthew 16:24-26: Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world,Continue reading “The Humility of St. Francis”
Links Between Easter and Passover
Exodus 12:1-13 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, “This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household. If any household is too smallContinue reading “Links Between Easter and Passover”
Mercy
Introduction:The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.— Amen. God, come to my assistance.— Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:— as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Hymn: Softly and Tenderly Softly and tenderly JesusContinue reading “Mercy”
The Canticle of Creation: Kinship
The Life of St. Francis by Thomas of Celano, the First Book, Chapter 21: One day he came to a village called Alviano to preach the word of God. Going up to a higher place where all could see him, he called for silence. All remained silent and stood reverently. But a large number ofContinue reading “The Canticle of Creation: Kinship”
OFS Ongoing 