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Friars of the Future
The next generation of friars will
be smaller than the current one.
What might that mean?
Minute Meditations:
Sow Seeds of Peace
for Others
Like our Divine Master, we look
beyond the pain inflicted upon
“me” and refuse to strike back in
violence.
Saint of the Day:
Queenship of Mary
Pope Pius XII established this
feast in 1954. But Mary’s
queenship has roots in
Scripture.
Thomas Merton’s
Message of Hope
Thomas Merton continues to speak
with a voice that is insightful, compelling,
and prophetic.
Who Are We Before God?
“As we stand before the Lord,” Friar Frank Jasper
says, “it doesn't matter what the color of our skin
is or if we're rich or poor.”
Saint Christopher:
Fact or Fiction?
Admired the world over,
Saint Christopher's story
is both real and imagined.
Ask a Franciscan:
Why Is There So
Much Injustice?
A reader asks Friar Pat:
If God is all-powerful and
all-good, why does evil exist?
