I was listening to the rain thinking "I wish we could make it last!" Rainy days can be very rare here in The Valley of the Sun. Sometimes...

Our Order embraces the entire planet. Since Francis first wrote a "rule of life" for lay people, we have been sharing and spreading his...

Poets are interesting people. When I was young I had a friend who was a poet. They were never really interested in the "ordinary" things...

Last Tuesday (Oct 3, 2023) I attended a Transitus celebration at St. Mary's Basilica. When I walked in, the church was dark with just a...

“What is the spirit that guides our Franciscan way of relating to people? Article #13 of the Rule sets forth a number of qualities: A...

In April I mentioned one of the Vatican II documents called Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium). In this document our...

April 11, 2023 We often forget that Christ offers his wisdom, guidance and protection to all the world. All he asks is that we believe in...

The National Visitation of Saint Thomas More Region convened on March 3 and ended March 6. The local fraternities were well-represented...

It's not a popular idea in our modern world. We tend to be rather full of ourselves. We prefer to think of ourselves as "self-made",...

When I teach, I often try to focus learners on the problems of our world. We are called, after all, to serve the world's needs. But I was...