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The Wild Love of St. Francis
Prayer and Spirituality

The Wild Love of St. Francis

Byskhennessey December 20, 2021December 20, 2021

St. Francis loved Christmas. He loved it so much that in the little village of Greccio, Italy, on a craggy hillside in 1223, he reenacted the nativity. He was not really a big words, intellectual guy. Francis liked to jump in with his whole heart and body. So the story goes that he invited the…

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Street violence and holy darkness

BySister Julia Walsh December 6, 2013March 11, 2021

This past Monday one of my former students was shot and killed on the streets of Chicago. Advent is a time of darkness.  Sometimes it is obvious to us that there’s a such thing as holy darkness. And, sometimes the darkness is so cold and heavy that it seems to swallow our hope. During Advent we…

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