Counting Our Blessings

At Franciscan Media, we work every day to provide you with free materials that nourish your spirit. We call these free resources Blessings. In this month's Blessings newsletter, we offer meditations on mindfulness and motherhood, and a prayer for our planet. We hope you like our offerings this month.

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Pray Like No One Is Watching

One secret of a life of prayer is that we must learn to pray without a sideward glance to see if anyone is watching. We must, as Jesus says, pray to our Father in secret. Read more.

Five Minutes to Mindfulness

Loving Our Earthly Home

Regardless of our family of origin experience, each of us is a part of a much wider, expansive family—the human family. We may not always remember, but each of us plays a role in how we love and care for our earthly home. Read more.

Nature and Childhood 

Summer in the Midwest is a feast for the eyes. Nearly every week a new flower bursts to life in the yards of neighbors and in the gardens of city parks. Read more.

St. Mary Magdalene

Whether or not Mary Magdalene was a notorious sinner—and she most likely was not—she was one of the women who traveled with Jesus and the Apostles. Read more.