Excerpt from, Lent With the Saints: Daily Reflections, © Greg Friedman, OFM Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18; Psalm 27: 1, 7-8a, 8b – 9, 13-14; Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 9:28b-36 ‘Abraham’s Journey’ by Jozsef Molnar (1880) Public Domain…

Excerpt from, Lent With the Saints: Daily Reflections, © Greg Friedman, OFM Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Psalm 91:1-2, 10-15; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13 Author’s Note: The Old Testament readings for the Lenten Sundays in all three cycles…

Today as I started out on my walk, I crossed our half acre field pulling my rosary (a red beaded rosewood rosary) from my pocket to begin walking.  It was all intact.  I crossed two roads and toddled…

At the Shrine, we are praying that your Lenten path will be one marked by growing closer to Our Savior.  We will have daily inspirations on our Facebook page.  Franciscan Media…

Pope Benedict XVI has declared a Year of Faith to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the start of the Second Vatican Council, which ran from 1962 to 1965, and calls on Catholics to renew their faith and the…