We trudge along, the daily grind keeping us locked in to the ways the world wants. The seasons change, the days grow short, the nights linger on, we stumble through. A small light appears then another shines soon another appears the path is not (…)
November 2019
In the Bible, the opening scene of the three strangers’ visit to Abraham begins with the apparition of the Lord: “Yahweh appeared to Abraham at the Oak of Mamre, while he was sitting by the entrance of the tent, in the hottest (…)
As the Church Year comes to a close with the Feast of Christ the King (Sunday) and this last week of Ordinary Time I often think about who is Christ as King. Christ as a King, not your ordinary image of him. Often artwork (…)
2019 has marked the 800th Anniversary of the meeting between St. Francis of Assisi and Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil. There have been celebrations, declarations, dialogues, prayers and presentations the world over to mark this occasion. On November 20, Franciscans from Mount St. Francis (Holy Spirit (…)
November 17 is the feast day of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, an early member of the Secular Franciscan Order of which she is revered as one of its patron saints. In honor of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, we are pleased to share a book (…)
A couple of weeks ago a young moose moseyed into the front yard and helped himself to the fallen fruit from an apple tree. Onlookers were delighted – but not surprised. At Mount St. Francis (Cochrane, Alberta), near the foothills of the (…)
“Not a hair on your head will perish.” Luke 21. 18 Earlier this week a dear friend of mine told me that his Godson died a day shy of being 2 months old. Two months old, not two years, not two decades, not two (…)
Prayers always raising up this primal need and yet we fail to see within that it must begin with me. Each day another sad story comes across the news and we wonder why and if this will ever end. Are we doing all (…)
Jesus said: “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today.” – Luke 19.5 Zacchaeus, Martin, Elizabeth, Kevin, Mandy, Thomas, Madison, Eli, Callie, you, me… it doesn’t matter whose name is at the start of this sentence taken from (…)
