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 self-care and grandparenting, and a prayer for joy. We hope you like our offerings this month.

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God’s Generous Creativity

As we look at nature, we see so much beauty—the trees, the flowers, and the flowing water of our rivers and lakes. Where did they originate? Read more.

The Importance of Self-Care

When we declare our suffering worthy of compassion, consolation, and love, we learn to recognize pain rather than run from it. Read more.

Perfect Joy

With the health crisis and unrest still facing our world, finding a reason to be joyful is hard. But it’s important that we smile—even if it’s through tears. Read more.

Generational Love

I became a grandmother when I was 36 years old. This is shocking to some, but for me it was not something out of the ordinary: I had my first child when I was 17. Read more.

Venerable Matt Talbot

Perhaps no one has done more to address the issue of alcoholism than Matt Talbot. An active alcoholic, he designed a program of support that has helped millions. Read more.