franciscanponderings

“If you but knew the gift that God is offering you,”   Jesus said to the woman at the well. To us he can say: “If you but knew the gift tha...

It is God’s nature to love, to give, to pour out in self-abandon. If you forgive a Franciscan quoting a Dominican, the Dominican mystic Hen...

Symbolic gestures at the right time carry great power. Such was a small gesture made by Queen Elizabeth two days ago, a few hours into her ...

 President McAleese and the Queen  The Queen of England arrives in Dublin today.  The visit, her first ever to her neares...

A key episode in St Francis' story is his meeting with the Sultan.  At the time the Church had sent armies against the Muslims so as to ...

Last week Osama Bin Laden was killed. I felt pride a few days later when I read the message from our New York friars. The message had a part...

I last reflected on how, like Thomas, we too can touch the wounds of Jesus when we reach out to the suffering Body of Christ today. But wha...