St. Francis, Death and Preaching to Leaders
So St. Francis is generally seen as this proto-hippie by many people, a guy who loves nature and animals and is generally about messages of peace. To a certain extent that caricature bears truth....
View ArticleThe Paradox of ‘True and Perfect Joy’
Given the events of recent days, this parable of St. Francis, titled True and Perfect Joy, dictated by Francis to his brothers toward the end of his life, seems to be worth considering. I hope the...
View ArticleOne of the Best Books on St. Clare, Franciscan Life Today
Sr. Margaret Carney, OSF, the current President of St. Bonaventure University and a well-respected Franciscan scholar, writes in her foreword to the English edition of The Poor Sisters of Saint Clare:...
View ArticleSpecial Labor Day Edition of the Dating God Podcast!
This is a special “Labor Day” edition of the Dating God Podcast that features Daniel P. Horan, OFM, discussing (1) a Franciscan approach to Labor Day and the role that work had in the Franciscan...
View ArticleDan’s New Book Now Available for Pre-Order!
Dan’s latest book, Francis of Assisi and the Future of Faith (Tau Publishing, 2012), is now available for pre-order from the publisher with shipping to come in the next couple weeks. Here is the book...
View ArticleGo into the World Preaching the Gospel with Patience and Humility
In an early Franciscan collection of remembrances of the Saint from Assisi, commonly referred to as The Legend of the Three Companions, there is a story of Francis talking to the earliest group of...
View ArticleOf Martyrs and Mission: An (unofficial) Franciscan Feast
So, with all due respect to Saints Comas and Damian, the early Christian martyrs whose feast day we commemorate today, I couldn’t help but see something of a moment to pause and reflect on the...
View ArticleDating God Podcast #17 — Stephen Martin: Vocation and the ‘Messy Quest’
In this episode of the Dating God Podcast we welcome author Stephen Martin who talks about his book The Messy Quest for Meaning: Five Catholic Practices for Finding your Vocation (Sorin Books, 2012)....
View ArticleUpcoming Talk in Boston
The Assumptionist Center, a community run by the Augustinians of the Assumption, hosts a monthly community event called Conversations at the Center that features a speaker who discusses some aspect of...
View ArticleA Few Reflections on Modern Itinerancy
I’m writing this post sitting in BWI airport just outside Baltimore as I prepare to board my last (scheduled) flight of the 2012 calendar year. Those at least vaguely familiar with my travel schedule...
View ArticleFrancis of Assisi on Pride, Humility and Creation
Among the writings of Francis of Assisi that we still have is a collection of twenty-eight short sermon-like teachings called The Admonitions. These texts generally treat a particular theme in the...
View ArticleTheology and the Priority of Prayer
There are times when theology can just be work. Toward the end of Francis of Assisi’s life there was an increasing need among the early brothers for some sort of formal education. The friars were...
View ArticleTwo Thoughts on the Kinship of Creation
Greetings from the road! I’m away for a series of speaking engagements (with a few days of actual ‘Spring vacation’ with my brother friars in New York) this week, so posts here have been slow — thanks...
View ArticleInsights from Franciscan Priesthood for a ‘Franciscan’ Papacy
One of the central tenets of a well-grounded theology of ministry according to the Franciscan theological tradition is the particular relationship one has to his ministerial office. As I tried to...
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 ArticleFranciscan Spirituality in the Lone Star State
With the arrival of summer comes a lull in postings here at DatingGod.org, a break made more apparent this year due to a number of recent events (such as moving from one religious community to another...
View ArticleThomas Merton and the Feast of the Portiuncula
Today is the Feast of Our Lady of the Angels, both the patronal feast of the “City of Angels” (LA) and a very important celebration in the life of the Franciscan family. August 2 is also known as the...
View ArticleThe Feast of the Stigmata of St. Francis
Today is the Feast of St. Robert Bellarmine (d. 1621), the important Jesuit bishop and theologian. Or is it? With all respect to my Jesuit brothers and the universal church, for whom today is the...
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