A Reply to Love
from the foot of the cross
Why the Wild Goose?
Because there is a wildness about the Holy Spirit. Fr. Dave Pivonka, one of our T.O.R. brothers, in a new video series called The Wild Goose, tells how the ancient Celts used to call the Holy Spirit the Wild Goose, precisely because of this wildness.
The following is a poem written by one of our sisters, fitting for today's mysteries.
Works of Mercy: Visiting the Imprisoned
Sr. Maria Teresa gave me a training session on the drive down to the prison a couple weeks ago. I had never ministered to prison inmates before and wanted her to share everything she could.
Franciscan Sisters Hermitage Reflections
For two weeks after Christmas, Sr. Agnes Thérèse and Sr. Teresa spent time in prayer and solitude in what we call a hermitage experience.
Today ends the year of Consecrated Life in the Church (November 30, 2014-February 2, 2016). It has been a year of many graces and beautiful opportunities. As consecrated religious, we were invited by Pope Francis to focus on three things during this year:
“Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God.” -1 John 4:7
These were the first words our Franciscan University of Steubenville Jamaica mission team heard as we came together for Mass the day before our departure. It wasn’t until I returned home and reflected on my experience that I realized just how significant they were.
I hear the door click open, the squeak of the dolly's wheels.
Though I am new to the Franciscan Sisters, T.O.R. (just about two months old), this is a familiar scene.
It’s him, the sisters' personal bread Santa.
"As contemplatives in the world, we esteem the value of prayer in itself for love of God and give ourselves wholeheartedly to the mission of Christ through the spiritual and corporal works of mercy" (Constitutions #1).
