Franciscan Vocation to Renounce Power
Several scholars of the Franciscan tradition, both professed Franciscan women and men as well as those who are not explicitly part of a Franciscan community per se, have written in recent years about...
View ArticleIt Doesn’t Belong to Us: Money, Power and Jesus
With all the attention that has been focused (deservedly, I believe) on the “Occupy Wall Street” protesters, both in Manhattan and around the world, I think today’s Gospel passage is particularly...
View ArticleRace, Poverty and the Voice of Power: A Response to “March for Life”
This reflection is now available in Daniel P. Horan, OFM’s book Franciscan Spirituality for the 21st Century: Selected Reflections from the Dating God Blog and Other Essays, Volume One (Koinonia Press,...
View ArticlePope Francis on Power, the Poor, and all Creation
I know it seems a bit early for such enthusiastic endorsements of a pontiff who has only been in the office of Bishop of Rome for less-than-a-week, and I do have my own cautionary concerns, but I have...
View ArticleO Root of Jesse: Getting out of God’s Way
O Root of Jesse, you have been raised up as a sign for all peoples; kings stand silent in your presence; the nations bow down in worship before you. Come, let nothing keep you from coming to our aid....
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