Franciscan Spirit

4/6/19 12:00 AM

Lent with Richard Rohr: All Controversies Can Be Resolved by an Appeal to Authority

By Richard Rohr, OFM

Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent | Readings: Jeremiah 11:18-20, John 7:40-53

4/5/19 7:00 AM

Fullness and Emptiness, Union and Zen

By Stephen Copeland

One of the core concepts that draws me to Christianity and inspires my spiritual walk today is its integration of both fullness and emptiness, a theme that is on full display during the Lenten season. We find fullness in the metaphor of baptism and emptiness in the proverbial wilderness.

4/5/19 12:00 AM

Lent with Richard Rohr: The Demonization of the Threatening ‘Other’

By Richard Rohr, OFM

Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent | Readings: Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22; John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30

4/4/19 12:00 AM

Lent with Richard Rohr: Cosmic Courtroom Scenes

By Richard Rohr, OFM

Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent | Readings: Exodus 32:7-14; John 5:31-47

4/3/19 7:00 AM

Faith and Family for April 7: Go and Sin No More

By Susan Hines-Brigger

Read JN 8:1-11 Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them. Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle.

4/3/19 12:00 AM