franciscanponderings

As New Year approaches, this reflection by Jon Walker, struck me; I intend to make time to draw up a different kind of list! "Imagi...

As we believe so shall we hope. The measure of our faith is the measure of our hope.  Every day we are bombarded with many different und...

Avery Dulles, the American theologian, once said: “The Incarnation does not provide us with a ladder by which to escape from the ambiguit...

Incarnation is not yet resurrection. Flesh in Jesus, as in us, is human flesh, vulnerable, weak, and incomplete. Christmas celebrates Chri...

Diadochus of Photice was a fifth century bishop and mystic. In one of his sermons he said: "The measure of a person’s love for God de...

I want to share with you a reflection from Richard Rohr, OFM, on the giftedness in Mary's life. "Mary is the archetype, the pe...

When did you last dance before the Lord? St Francis used to dance through the woods singing God’s praises. He understood that we adore,...