“the Rosary is the prayer that always accompanies my life: it is also the prayer of simple people and saints…it is the prayer of my heart”…

At the conclusion of the weekly General Audience, he explained that the Rosary is “a synthesis of Divine Mercy”:

“With Mary, in the mysteries of the Rosary we contemplate the life of Jesus which irradiates the mercy of the Father. Let us rejoice in His love and forgiveness, let us recognize it in foreigners and in those who are needy, let us live His Gospel every day”.

Pope Francis (at General Audience on October 26, 2016)

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LINKS

Pope Francis: ‘the Rosary is the prayer of my heart’ (Vatican Radio)

Meditations on the Rosary Based on the Message of Pope Francis on the Occasion of the XXXI WYD – Krakow 2016 (pdf)

FREE App – The Rosary with Pope Francis (Pauline Books and Media) – iOS

Praying the Rosary with Pope Francis (Paperback – May 21, 2014) – USCCB/Amazon

“We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.”
― St. Francis of Assisi

Christian unity is helping to bring peace, justice and mercy in Syria and other troubled areas of the world.  Caritas and Luteran World Services have joined forces to help address issues around war and poverty and helping to bring healing.  Please keep the people of Aleppo and Mosul in your prayers.

 

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LINKS

Caritas and Lutheran World Service to commit to vision of unity (Vatican Radio)

Syrian children’s prayer for peace (Terra Santa News – Christian Media Center)

Syria: Peace is Possible (Caritas)

 

Fr. Dan Horan, O.F.M. spoke at our Quinquinnial Congress this past Summer offering Franciscan reflection and actions toward racism and xenophobia.  This recent video from St. Francis University in Lorretto, PA is almost identical to his offering at the Q, and eccourage you to watch this compelling video from Fr. Dan:

“A Franciscan Response to Racism & Fear of the ‘Other’ in Today’s World”

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LINKS

Fr. Dan Horan, O.F.M. – official website

Fr. Dan is currently a visiting scholar at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago

“Those who are called to the table of the Lord must glow with the brightness that comes from the good example of a praiseworthy and blameless life.”

St. John of Capistrano

 

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St. John of Capistrano, St. St. Bernardine of Siena and the Meaning of I.H.S. (ColumbiaCatholic)

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John of Capistrano (Apostleship of Prayer)

 

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LINKS

Saint John of Capistrano (Franciscan Media)

Saint John of Capistrano (CatholicSaints.info)

Devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus (Holy Name Society)

“We have to realize that a true ecological approach always becomes a social approach; it must integrate questions of justice in debates on the environment, so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.”

Pope Francis, (Laudato Si’ ¶49)

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Bobby McFerrin – The Garden

(this beautiful video shows God’s Creation in Africa with music from Bobby McFerrin)

Hopefully this inspires you to go outside and enjoy God’s creation today…Laudato Si’ (Praise Be)!

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A Prayer for Earth –Text by Pope Francis, from the encyclical, Laudato Si’ – Adaptation and music by Hazzan Steve Klaper & Br. Al Mascia, O.F.M.

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LINKS

Care of Creation as a Work of Mercy — lecture by Cardinal Peter K.A. Turkson at Villanova University – pdf

Lex credendi, lex vivendi: A response to Laudato Si’ (Sister Ilea Delio, O.S.F. – Global Sisters Report)

The Omega Center — NEW website of Sister Ilea Delio, O.S.F.

Laudato Si’ + Many Resources on Caring for Creation (Saint Margaret of Cortona Region – Secular Franciscan Order)