With this blog, I am offering brief meditations on the five joyful mysteries. My long-range plan is to share similar reflections on each of the four mysteries of the rosary. Thus, after the joyful mysteries, we will move on to the luminous, the sorrowful, and the glorious mysteries. But these will not follow...
On June 13, we will celebrate the feast of St. Anthony. This is the date on which he died in 1231, five years after the death of St. Francis. Now is a good time to reflect on the many traits that Anthony and Francis hold in common.
1. Both saints are sometimes seen with the baby Jesus in their...
As the feast of St. Anthony (June 13) draws near, my memories go back to Padua where I spent several days in 2006. I had the opportunity to stay for a few days in the large friary of the Conventual Franciscan Friars. The friary stands right next to the magnificent Basilica of St. Anthony of Padua. I was able...
The title of this blog is also the title of a children’s edition of a book, distributed by Franciscan Media, I wrote recently dealing with the question of whether we will see our pets again in the next life. In my experience, children are more ready than most adults to accept the hints and clues we find...
Here is my third and final reflection regarding Blessed John Duns Scotus and his view of Christ. My first blog focused on his teaching that Christ is the final goal of creation, while my second blog touched on the “primacy of Christ.”
To quote Meister Eckhart, a medieval Dominican theologian who...
