Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice in it and be glad. For to us is given the beloved child most holy, born for us along […]
Advent Hastening
Br. Michael Perras, OFM As we move into these final days of Advent, we turn our attention to Elizabeth and Zechariah, to Mary and Joseph and to their stories. Each […]
Greccio
Dear Friends of Mount St. Francis, We invite you to check out our Annual Event: Greccio: A St. Francis Christmas Pageant We decided again this year to offer it as an […]
Encountering Advent Light
– Br. Michael, ofm Poet and scholar J. Philip Newell shares a story of a presentation he made in Ottawa years ago, where a Mohawk elder was invited to make […]
Advent Dreaming
– Br. Michael, ofm John the Baptist is a dominate figure in Advent. His call to “prepare the way of the Lord” based on the prophets before him is the […]
Encountering Advent
– Br. Michael, ofm In a reflection given earlier this year, Jesuit Peter Bisson described vowed religious women and men as “artisans of encounter,” I believe that this easily describes […]
The Kingdom of Christ the King
– Br. Michael, ofm “Your kingdom come…” we pray this line many times, and yet we wonder where your kingdom is. If we pay attention to message of Jesus […]
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