Be Anxious About What You Are …

Be Anxious About What You Are …

Be Anxious About What You Are ...   This week we are looking at human consumption and the impact it has on the environment. As with much of what we discuss here at St. Francis, God intends a balanced approach to the matter. On one end of the spectrum you have...
Need or Greed …

Need or Greed …

Need or Greed ... With Pope Francis dedicating his last encyclical, Laudato Si’, to ecology there has been increased attention on the environment these past few months. In thinking through these issues recently I was reminded of the 1999 hit movie, The Matrix, when...
Care for Your Body as if You Will Live Forever …

Care for Your Body as if You Will Live Forever …

Care for your Body as if You Will Live Forever ... Since the early years of Christian education we have recognized seven vices or “cardinal sins” including: pride, greed, lust, envy, wrath, slothfulness, and gluttony. Often we hear homilies concerning pride or lust,...
Receive the World as God’s Gift …

Receive the World as God’s Gift …

Receive the World as God's Gift ... Under Napoleon’s reign in 1804 the pedestrian bridge known as the “Pont des Arts” was completed across the River Seine. The bridge of nine arches was the first metallic bridge in Paris. The bridge engineers conceived that the bridge...