Advent Prayer
Advent and Christmas, PrayerPhoto by Victor Guevarra on Unsplash Lord, during this time of Advent, help us to prepare ourselves for the gift of Christ’s birth. Open our hearts to the joy that it brings. Just as St. Francis…
Read MoreSt. Anthony and a Seemingly Impossible Situation
Prayer, Saint AnthonyPhoto by Courtney Chestnut on Unsplash I have so many good stories of St. Anthony coming to my rescue and hearing my plea for a lost item. The one that especially comes to mind is when my gold…
Read MoreGiving Tuesday 2022
Giving Tuesday, MissionsFr. Jim Bok, OFM, with Jamaican schoolchildren Giving Tuesday, which always falls on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, started in the US in 2012 as a way to give back and transform communities. Since its inception, this global generosity…
Read MoreSt. Anthony heard Gregory's plea
Prayer, Saint AnthonyThe ground was covered with leaves. Photo by Marilyn Wilson St. Anthony heard my plea. Recently, I was taking a walk enjoying the autumn leaves when I took a hard tumble onto the sidewalk. After I gathered…
Read MoreThe Power of Novena Prayers
Prayer, Saint FrancisDetail of Christine H.’s painting inspired by Francisco de Zurbarán’s art on St. Francis’ death contemplation. Lately I’ve been going through a midlife crisis. My mom had a stroke in June of last year, and there’s an unresolved…
Read MoreHistory of the friars in the U.S.
MissionsFriars from Austria began the Province of St. John the Baptist in Cincinnati. The first friars arrived in Florida in 1573 with the Spanish colonizers and ministered primarily to the Native Americans who were already living there. A…
Read MoreJoin us for Transitus
Prayer, Saint FrancisPainting of the Transitus by Chilean painter Pedro Subercaseaux Erraězuriz, OSB (1911-1920s). Public domain The Transitus, or crossing, refers to “the time of passage through death to life” Please join the Franciscan friars of the…
Read MoreJoin us for the Feast of St. Francis
Events, Saint FrancisBr. David Crank blesses a white Maltese. Celebrating St. Francis Please join the Franciscan friars of the Province of St. John the Baptist as they honor their founder, St. Francis of Assisi. SOLEMN NOVENA in HONOR…
Read MoreBlessings from St. Anthony
Prayer, Saint AnthonyPhoto by Peggy from Pixabay Grateful for the intercession of St. Anthony Greetings to you, I want to give praise to God for blessing me as I pray to him with the intercession of St. Anthony. These are…
Read MoreSolemn Novena to St. Francis
Prayer, Saint Francis“Desire above all things to have the Spirit of the Lord and its holy activity, and pray always with a pure heart,” St. Francis of Assisi (The Later Rule, Chapter X:8) In honor of St. Francis,…
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