St. Agnes of Bohemia (1205–1282) would certainly affirm Pope Benedict XVI’s statement, “Without the liturgy and the sacraments, the profession of faith would lack efficacy because it would lack the grace which supports Christian witness.”
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The reflection for Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent from Lent With St. Francis seems appropriate as we await the beginning of the papal conclave.
“It will not be so among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your...
Happy Valentine’s Day! This is and has been a favorite holiday of mine—whether single or in a relationship. What made it special was not if I received flowers, chocolates, or jewelry. What made it special was making a particular effort that day to let those I loved know that I loved them. I had my list...
In The Best Gift Is Love, Blessed Mother Teresa of Kolkata wrote: “The fruit of prayer is faith. If we pray, then we will believe. If we believe, then we will love—because the fruit of faith is love, and the fruit of love is service. Similarly, if we want to deepen our faith, we must deepen our oneness...
From our popular Saint of the Day feature!
“God closes a door and then opens a window,” people sometimes say when dealing with their own disappointment or someone else’s. That was certainly true in Marguerite’s case. Children from European as well as Native American backgrounds in seventeenth-century...
For over 50 years, Father Murray Bodo, OFM, and I have been close friends, confreres, and admirers of St. Francis of Assisi. We met as fellow students in 1951 at St. Francis Minor Seminary, located on the outskirts of Cincinnati, Ohio. Murray, whose name was Louis at the time, had boarded a Greyhound Bus in...
