Advent 2023 – Week 3 – Celebrating 800 Years of the Nativity Scene
– Br. Michael, ofm Eight hundred years ago St. Francis was worried the people of Greccio were forgetting the Bambino of Bethlehem and how present Christ was to them […]
– Br. Michael, ofm Eight hundred years ago St. Francis was worried the people of Greccio were forgetting the Bambino of Bethlehem and how present Christ was to them […]
Br. Michael, ofm In the Christmas at Greccio 1223 text from the life of St. Francis by Friar Thomas Celano, the account includes the following tidbits of information. “Blessed […]
Advent 2023 – 800 Years – Celebrating the Nativity Scene Each year during the season of Advent we set up Nativity Scenes (crèches) in our homes and churches. This scene […]
– Br. Michael, ofm Blessing of the Christmas Crèche 800 years ago in December of 1223, St. Francis of Assisi had an idea he wanted to share with the […]
– Br. Michael, ofm “You are the light of the world. Now a light does not illumine itself, but instead it diffuses its rays and shines all around upon […]
October 4, 2023 My Dear Brother Francis, Over the past few days as time has shifted into October, I have been paying attention to how creation is preparing […]