Excerpt from, Lent With the Saints: Daily Reflections, © Greg Friedman, OFM Acts 10:34a, 37—43; Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Colossians: 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8; John 20:1-9 ‘St. John the Evangelist’ (Detail) by Alonzo…
Read MorePlease join us this week at St. Anthony Shrine. Holy Thursday 7:30 AM Morning Prayer 7:30 PM Mass of the Lord’s Supper Adoration to follow until 10:00 PM Night Prayer and chapel closes…
Read MoreExcerpt from, Lent With the Saints: Daily Reflections, © Greg Friedman, OFM Year A: Matthew 26:14- 27:66; Year B: Mark 14:1- 15:47; Year C: Luke 22:14-23:56 ‘St. Clare’ by Simone Martini (1312-1320). Public Domain To…
Read MoreExcerpt from, Lent With the Saints: Daily Reflections, © Greg Friedman, OFM Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126:1-2a, 2b-3, 4-5, 6; Philippians 3:8-14; John 8:1-11 ‘Jeremiah’ by Michelangelo (1508-1512) in the Sistine Chapel. Public Domain The figure…
Read MoreAfter a Latin American Jesuit was elected yesterday, we asked SJB friars what qualities and talents they thought the new Pope should possess. Some talked about their hopes and expectations. Others just wanted to share their elation …
Read More“This year will be different” is the pledge we make to ourselves each year when Lent looms before us like a desert we must cross to get to Easter. Perhaps your using some of the resources we suggested…
Read MoreFr. Bruno Kremp, OFM, meets John Paul II At 75, Fr. Bruno Kremp, OFM, is yearning to try out retirement, but you wouldn’t know it to look at him. Tall and lean, in his 47th year as…
Read MoreSt. Anthony comes through again in this story sent to Friarworks Co-director Colleen Cushard from one of our own Franciscan friars, Br. Ed Gura, OFM. Dear Colleen, After sharing a recent ‘St. Anthony’ story with my mother, she…
Read MoreExcerpt from, Lent With the Saints: Daily Reflections, © Greg Friedman, OFM Joshua 5-9a, 10-12; Psalm 34:2-3,2-5,6-7; 2; Corinthians 5:17-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 ‘Saint Paul Writing His Epistles’ by Valentin de Boulogne (1618-1620) Public Domain…
Read MoreCharlton Heston as Moses in ‘The Ten Commandments’ Excerpt from, Lent With the Saints: Daily Reflections, © Greg Friedman, OFM Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15; Psalm 103: 1-2, 3-4, 6-7,8,11; 1 Corinthians 1:1-6, 10-12; Luke 13:1-9 …
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