Sr. Alicia recently wrote a beautiful reflection on her experience of the connections between living Franciscan poverty and living a Eucharistic life. Read the full reflection here: https://review.catechetics.com/spiritual-life-poverty-purity-heart-eucharistic-living
Category: Life of Prayer
The Prayer before the Crucifix
Most High, Glorious God, enlighten the darkness of our hearts. Instill in us a correct faith, a certain hope, and a perfect love, a sense and a knowledge, Lord, that we may do Your holy and true command. Amen. This prayer was written by St. Francis of Assisi, and thought to be the prayer that…
Eucharistic Adoration: doing is good; being is even better
Reflection by Sr. Alicia I am not totally sure how my parents felt when I told them I’d signed up for the 3 AM hour of prayer on Good Friday when I was 16 years old. Our parish had invited us to “watch an hour” with Jesus, and I certainly didn’t want him to be…
FE Reflections: How Am I Ordering My Life?
Reflection by Sr. Alicia Torres Every morning my alarm goes off, just like it does, I’m sure, for you. Each morning when I hear that alarm I have two choices: hit the snooze bar and roll over, or turn off the alarm and enter into the day where Jesus is already waiting for me. We…
Mary, Woman of the Eucharist
Sr. Alicia was recently featured on the Inner Life Show on Relevant Radio to speak about Our Lady and the Eucharist! Catch the replay of the episode here: https://omny.fm/shows/the-inner-life/mary-woman-of-the-eucharist-w-sr-alicia-torres-fe
St. Francis’ Feast Day Traditions
October 3rd and 4th are special days for Franciscans! St. Francis died on the night of October 3rd, 1226, so it is on that night that Franciscans around the world celebrate the Transitus, a special prayer service commemorating his last moments and passing. After a quiet, solemn night, his feast day on October 4th is…
Summer at the Mission – Part 2: Retreats, Formation, and Travel
Summer is also traditionally the time when all members of our community make their private annual retreat. The Church asks all religious to take at least one week each year to make a personal retreat, and what a gift this time always is! Our current practice allows for all members to make personal private retreats…
Let your Eucharistic pilgrimage begin today!
Reflection by Sr. Alicia Torres A couple of Sundays ago, I had the chance to make my first official “at-home” Eucharistic pilgrimage. It was a torrentially rainy day in Chicago — as a matter of fact, if you had a basement, there was a high chance you experienced significant flooding. Despite the intense rain, however,…