Stepping Forward with Hope-Filled Commitment
By Br. Nathan Linton, OFM, Cap. When St. Francis had his conversion, most people thought he was CRAZY, including his own father. However, instead of being discouraged, he persevered in trusting the Lord and in following the specific call from Jesus in his life to draw ever nearer to God in the particular way planned for him...
By Elise Burns. We all know we need humility, but we don't always have a clear picture of what that looks like...
By Erich Wallace. John the Baptist was destined to be one holy dude from the get-go. His birth was foretold by an angel, and the angel said about John: “He will be great before the Lord… and he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared,” (Luke 1:15-17). Not bad, huh?...
By Andrew Kreye. One of my favorite things about winter is how quiet it is after a heavy snowfall. I love to stand in snow and just listen...
By Sean Mulcare. In the third stage of the spiritual life, the soul has come as far as it can “on its own.” The soul has progressed to the point that all further growth needs to be done by God, since the soul can't put forth any more effort since it is already giving its all to God...
By Elise Burns. We all know about the struggle-bus of adolescence. But do we all really know that God is there with us through it all?
By Mariah Schultz. I don’t know about you, but I often forget how trustworthy our God is. It’s not an intentional choice that I forget this truth. It’s something that just… happens...
By Isaiah Schick. If you've never listened to any presentation of Mother Angelica, one of the great Catholic American televangelists, now's your chance...
By Br. Nathan Linton, OFM, Cap. Every saint has a past, but that is good news because it means that a sinner can have a future! Br. Nathan discusses St. Francis's conversion from selfishness and worldliness to life in Christ.
