by Theresa Cavicchio, OFSFranciscans around the world – religious and lay – are celebrating the recent announcement of the Jubilee Year of Saint Francis of Assisi (1182 – 1226 A.D.). This special time – from January 10, 2026, to January 10, 2027, has been proclaimed by Pope Leo XIV in commemoration of the 800th anniversary of the death of the “Little Poor Man” later this year.
March 9
“To become a child is to know with a child’s intuition, to see with a child’s vision… to see human suffering, not with an adult’s reasonable despair, but with a child’s immediate, unquestioning compassion.”
-Caryll Houselander
March 8
“Face to face with one man, we cannot forget, we cannot fail to know what he wants and needs… All this can be forgotten and left out when one thinks in terms of “humanity,” but face to face with one man it cannot be forgotten”
-Caryll Houselander
March 7
“I saw that it is the will of Christ’s love to be put into the hands of sinners, to trust Himself to man, that he may be their gift to one another, that they may comfort Him in each other, give Him to each other. In this sense the ordinary life itself becomes sacramental, and every action of anyone at all has an eternal meaning.”
-Caryll Houselander
LB writes: “I am a Family Nurse Practitioner working in a practice providing integrative medical care. Much of my approach is education regarding diet and nutritional supplements along with basic allopathic care. I work with a physician who is a licensed ‘Symptometrist.’ There is little information available as to the foundation and science behind Symptometry. Wondering if you can shed some light and provide some guidance on how a Catholic should approach this.”
March 6
“There is no cowardice in admitting that we are afraid, indeed we should not be human were we not. But we ought to realize that this fear, unless we face it and learn to understand and even manage it, will lead to hate.”
-Caryll Houselander
March 5
“... there is a law of God that starts from within us. It is the music of His creative love, its measure and beat and pause and stress, and it is within us because we are made in His image.”
-Caryll Houselander
March 4
“Our rest in a world that is full of unrest is Christ’s trust in His Father, our peace in a world without peace is our surrender, complete as the surrender of the sleeping child to its mother, of the Christ in us to God...”
-Caryll Houselander
A Notre Dame professor who believes laws against abortion “have their roots in white supremacy and racism” has decided not to accept a position directing an academic institute at the school after serious blowback from students, donors and bishops.
JJ asks: “Walking Tai Chi is all over social media. Is this really tai chi and is it okay for Catholics?”
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