Today’s Saint

By Franciscan Media Blessed John of Parma’s Story – The seventh general minister of the Franciscan Order, John was known for his attempts to bring back the earlier spirit […]

By Franciscan Media Saint Salvator of Horta’s Story – A reputation for holiness does have some drawbacks. Public recognition can be a nuisance at times—as the confreres […]

When the Bible speaks of God “justifying” someone, it means that God, the all-holy or “righteous” one, so transforms a person that the individual shares somehow in God’s own holiness, and hence it is really “right” for God to love him or her. In other words, God is not playing games, acting as if we were lovable when we are not... By saying Joseph was “just,” the Bible means that he was one who was completely open to all that God wanted to do for him. He became holy by opening himself totally to God.

By Franciscan Media Saint Cyril of Jerusalem’s Story – The crises that the Church faces today may seem minor when compared with the threat posed by the Arian […]