Fr. Christopher explores this Sunday’s scriptures as they relate to our Franciscan vocation:

Long before He laid down the earth’s foundations, He had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of His love, bringing us into His family, wanting us to enter as brothers and sisters into the celebration of His lavish gift-giving of His beloved Son.

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The Gospel Through a Franciscan Lens – 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Fr. Christopher

Father Christopher points out that it is not our own power that overcomes our fear and anxiety, but trust.

The darkness of fear and anxiety overtakes the much-needed remedy, which is trust.  The lack of trust also brings disappointment and failure, and these rise to the surface in today’s St Paul’s Epistle and in St Mark’s Gospel.  Lack of success in human endeavor is painful and hard to endure.  Rejection, a very difficult thing to handle, strikes at our sense of self-esteem.

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The Gospel Through a Franciscan Lens – 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Fr. Christopher