October 4, 2022 Dear Brother Francis, As we come to this annual celebration of your life, I am again reminded of how you have called me to an awareness in living for today. You were not perfect. Although history has tried to paint you (…)
Michael Perras, OFM
Michael Perras, OFM
Friar Michael Perras, OFM was born and raised in rural Saskatchewan, the oldest of four.
Brother Michael appreciates quiet moments of prayer, music, Lego, journaling, socks, collecting quotes and Christmas.
He is a non-ordained Franciscan Friar (Brother), solemnly professed since August 2019. He serves on the Canadian Franciscan Provincial Council and in Formation and Vocations Ministry.
Friar Michael Perras, OFM was born and raised in rural Saskatchewan, the oldest of four. Brother Michael appreciates quiet moments of prayer, music, Lego, journaling, socks, collecting quotes and Christmas. He is a non-ordained Franciscan Friar (Brother), solemnly professed since August 2019. He serves on the Canadian Franciscan Provincial Council and in Formation and Vocations Ministry.
St. Francis of Assisi was a dreamer. In his popular book The Journey and the Dream, Franciscan Murray Bodo captured this in St. Francis by writing “the journey is essential to the dream.” This is indeed true as St. Francis has inspired many journeys (…)
“You are always with me.” (Luke 15. 31) the father says to the elder son in the parable of the prodigal son. The father is speaking to the sense of security and shelter which has been overlooked or taken for granted. Here the father (…)
The Season of Creation begins on September 1 and continues to the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi on October 4. It is a season which Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew have implemented and have encouraged. It is a time to not only enjoy (…)
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Summer Early Morning Cool summer air pushes its way past the boundaries of the open windows filling the room with freshness cradling me as the sun makes its warm claim on the day stirring me. Breathing in this cool summer air feeling the warming (…)
“God shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher…” – Ruth 4.15 You, O God, Are my restorer of life like the rain and sun are for the earth. You are a nourisher like the variety of foods that fill my (…)
The season of Easter is drawing to a close as the great feast of Pentecost draws near. The feast celebrates the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in a special way. This feast through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit shows us that community and (…)
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Who doesn’t feel better, knowing there’s someone there who cares for them?-Siegfried Farnon, All Creatures Great and Small All Creatures Great and Small is based on the true story of a young vet in England in the 1930s. I discovered the current television remake (…)
