The Things We Pray For All around the world, in every culture and religion, people ask for a lot of differen things that they think will help them. Over time, some prayers become popular as they become expressions of what a lot of people wish for in their lives. One of these prayers is the … Continue reading Shadows making it hard to see the good things in life? Here’s what to do…
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Job Opening: Peacemaker, no previous experience needed
"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace." ~ Traditional Franciscan Saying It's a very old saying within Franciscan tradition, sometimes even attributed to St. Francis of Assisi himself. But what does it mean. "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace?" and why would someone ever ask for that? What is peace? It's always … Continue reading Job Opening: Peacemaker, no previous experience needed
How to Use Forgiveness for Staying Human
If you and I can agree that being a human being is basically a good thing, then we can talk about our lives being even better by being even more human. We can talk about what "humanizes" and what "dehumanizes." What humanizes us is good, because it levels up the good things about being human. … Continue reading How to Use Forgiveness for Staying Human
How to Make Your World More Forgiving for You (and Everybody Else)
If you could make the world a more forgiving place for you, would you? For as long as human beings have been around, they have looked for ways to arrange the world and its events so as to fulfill our needs, wishes, hopes, and desires. Over millennia, we have looked for these ways in science, … Continue reading How to Make Your World More Forgiving for You (and Everybody Else)
Love & Forgiveness: Process is Everything and Everything is Process
Let me tell you something about being a Franciscan that you may find insightful about your own life, and your own efforts to unfold the best parts of yourself and live your life fully. What I have learned about being a Franciscan is that it's more like a process than it is a status. Yes, … Continue reading Love & Forgiveness: Process is Everything and Everything is Process
Your Wake-Up Call from Love Today
If you follow the daily biblical readings in the Liturgy of the Word for the Catholic Church, you will see that today's reading from John's first letter includes the most straightforward, and in some ways complete, explanation of God that there is: God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God, and God … Continue reading Your Wake-Up Call from Love Today
Forgiveness Keeps the Sanctity of Your Relationships
Every evening, a rabbit we came to name "Francis" makes its rounds through the pastures. The rabbit has figured prominently in the mythology of many cultures, including the Ojibwe and Dakota cultures indigenous to our part of Central Minnesota. Seeing Francis is an opportunity to experience a long time historical and important spiritual legacy related … Continue reading Forgiveness Keeps the Sanctity of Your Relationships
Live and Forgive 