Monthly Spiritual Message

Monthly Spiritual Message, June 2020 ByBr John Cooper OFM Cap. This year became for us the year of “Spiritual Communion” because the Lockdown closed all the

Monthly Spiritual Message, May 2020 By Fr Carl Schafer OFM In Israelite usage, the term “Judean and Greek” form a division of the house

Monthly Spiritual Message, April 2020 By Fr Carl Schafer OFM When we read the word “Jew” in the Old or the New Testament, we

Monthly Spiritual Message, March 2020 By Br John Cooper OFM Cap. A Seraphic Angel appears in the form of the Crucified Christ and gives

Monthly Spiritual Message, February 2020 By Fr Carl Schafer OFM There are certain basic elements or components of growth that have to work in

Monthly Spiritual Message, January 2020 By Br John Cooper OFM Cap. “Francis Teach us to Understand.” From the moment of his mystical experience of

Monthly Spiritual Message, December 2020 By Br John Cooper OFM Cap. The prayer of adoration that Saint Francis taught the friars at Rivo Torto

Monthly Spiritual Message, November 2019 By Br John Cooper OFM Cap. Thomas of Celano tells us that coming back from Rome, where they had

Monthly Spiritual Message, October 2019 By Fr Carl Schafer OFM In Part One, last month, I quoted Pope Paul VI’s Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii nuntiandi n.72, and

Monthly Spiritual Message, September 2019 By Fr Carl Schafer OFM Jesus says in the Gospel according to Matthew: “Go, therefore, make disciples of all

Monthly Spiritual Message, August 2019 By Fr Carl Schafer OFM The Secular Franciscan Order traces its origins back to St Francis of Assisi (1182-1226),

Monthly Spiritual Message, July 2019 By Fr Carl Schafer OFM We usually interpret the parable of the talents in Matthew’s gospel (Mat 25:14-30), and

Monthly Spiritual Message, June 2019 By Fr Carl Schafer OFM St Pauls Publication describes Pope Francis’s Laudato Si’, as An Encyclical Letter on Ecology and

Monthly Spiritual Message, May 2019 By Br John Cooper OFM Cap CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF THE RULE OF THE SECULAR FRANCISCAN ORDER – Part

Monthly Spiritual Message, April 2019 By Br John Cooper OFM Cap CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF THE RULE OF THE SECULAR FRANCISCAN ORDER – Part

Monthly Spiritual Message, March 2019 By Br John Cooper OFM Cap CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF THE RULE OF THE SECULAR FRANCISCAN ORDER – Part

Monthly Spiritual Message, February 2019 By Br John Cooper OFM Cap CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF THE RULE OF THE SECULAR FRANCISCAN ORDER – Part

Monthly Spiritual Message, January 2019 By Br John Cooper OFM Cap CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF THE RULE OF THE SECULAR FRANCISCAN ORDER – Part

Monthly Spiritual Message, December 2018 By Br John Cooper OFM Cap CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF THE RULE OF THE SECULAR FRANCISCAN ORDER – Part

Monthly Spiritual Message, November 2018 By Br John Cooper OFM Cap CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF THE RULE OF THE SECULAR FRANCISCAN ORDER – Part