During the first month of postulancy, look over the entire Rule and Constitutions of the Confraternity. What subjects are covered? How will they impact my life if I continue into formation? LESSON ON THE FRANCISCAN VIRTUES In Franciscan Virtues, read Virtue 1: Attentiveness. Spend at least fiv...
This James, sometimes called James the Greater, is not to be confused with James the Lesser (May 3) or with the author of the Letter of James and the leader of the Jerusalem community. The way the Gospels treat the apostles is a good reminder of what holiness is all about. There is ...
“When Mrs. Erna Mae Francis Cotton approached us with this initiative, there was no hesitation because I know Victorious Living Foundation is one of the foundations that is about improving the lives of others; that
"Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the lover of self, even to the contempt of God; the heavenly by the love of God, even to the contempt of self." St. Augustine, DE CIVITATE DEI, Book XIV, Chapter 28 ...
The epistle reading today, from the Letter to the Hebrews, reminds us “[Christ] did not come to help angels, but the descendants of Abraham.” Jesus was made human in every respect, so that he might offer all of his humanity to the service of God, clearing the way for us to reach...
Gervasius and Protasius, of which he gives an account in a letter to his sister. 25 He writes, that being desirous to dedicate a new church, (which at present is called from him the Ambrosian basilic) in the same manner that he had before consecrated the Roman basilic, (which was ...
While much horror cinema has taken a turn for the intellectual over the past decade, this is a straight-up lesson in the schlock doctrine, a love letter to campy teen slashers such asFriday The 13th. You’ll find every trope in the book here, from full moons to mysterious trapdoors to ...
St. Patrick’s Day is one of those holidays that seems to wrap up everyone and welcome them as “Irish” no matter what their heritage. You certainly are welcome at any of these Portland-area events that celebrate the wearing o’ the green in ways ranging from boxing matches,...
of nature, lover of poverty, an imitator of the crucified Christ, a brother of humankind and a Lord’s knight and minstrel, to conclude that the aesthetic model of St. Francis, as found in St. Bonaventure, can only be understood starting from theological (mystical) and philosophical ...
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