DEAR friends, I have a simple short story that might be particularly appropriate for this month. A very sick man turned to his doctor as he was leaving the room after an examination, and said, “Doctor, I’m afraid of dying. Tell me what the afterlife is like.”
November 01 2022
Mario Conte, OFM Conv.
Unhappy World?
One of our readers is increasingly depressed in life on account of what he hears in the media
October 10 2022
Thomas Pfister
Maybe You Don’t Know
DEAR friend, Saint Francis, a symbol of love for peace, for all the gifts of creation and for the simple life, has over time become a true reference point for believers and non-believers alike...
October 01 2022
Mario Conte, OFM Conv.
The Tree Branch
DEAR friends, it has been more than six months since Moscow’s troops crossed the border and began what the Kremlin leadership insists on calling a “special military operation”...
September 01 2022
Mario Conte, OFM Conv.
You Are Not Hopeless
To overcome scrupulosity we should turn our focus away from ourselves and place it on God’s unrivalled mercy and goodness
