From the Friars: Holy Communion
Jesus said, “unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.” (Jn 6:52)
From the Friars: The Seraphic Doctor
St. Bonaventure was a brilliant theologian who explained Francis the man and his movement.
From the Friars: The Smoke of Satan
“He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me.” (Jn14:21)
From the Writings of St Francis – From The Letter to all the Faithful
For He is our strength and power who alone is good, alone most high, alone almighty and admirable, glorious and alone holy, praiseworthy and blessed without end forever and ever.
From the Friars: The Incredibles
What is the potential you see in your children? Have you considered their call to the consecrated life or priesthood?
From The Wrintings Of St. Francis
St. Francis of Assisi, Earlier Rule, Chapter XVI “If they persecute you in one city, flee to another. Blessed are you when men will hate you and persecute you and accuse you of evil, and when they will falsely speak all manner of evil against you for my sake. Rejoice on that day and exult…
From the Friars: Happy Father’s Day!
As we honor our earthly fathers today, may the Holy Spirit inspire in us the grateful cry of the Son, “Abba, Father!”
From the Friars: On the Popes and Slavery
A little bit about Pope Leo XIV asking for pardon for a “wound on Christian memory”: the Church’s stance on slavery through the centuries.
St. Francis Devotion to the Holy Eucharist (2)
St. Francis of Assisi’s Letter to the Entire Order, (sections 28–29) “Brothers, look at the humility of God, and pour out your hearts before Him! Hold back nothing of yourselves for yourselves, that He Who gives Himself totally to you may receive you totally.“
St Francis Devotion to The Holy Eucharist
From the Major Life of St Francis, St. Bonaventure, IX, 2 “His burning love for the Sacrament of our Lord’s Body seemed to consume the very marrow of his bones… He communicated often, and so devoutly as to move others to devotion; and, by the sweetness of the Immaculate Lamb, he was, as it were,…