March 2024
- How we view the persons of the Holy Trinity 04Mar
- The Brief Day of Our Lives 05Mar
- God's Love for us: The Holy Spirit 07Mar
- Weeks before Holy Week 08Mar
- Jesus is totally present in the Tabernacle 09Mar
- Jesus was Betrayed 15Mar
- With Humility and Simplicity 16Mar
- The Soul is God's workplace 18Mar
- He gave His only Son 27Mar (Repub. from 2014)
April 2024
January 2024
February 2024
November 2023
- What good did you do, today?
- Be a child of Light 11/10
- The Silence of Peace 11/18
- My Grace is sufficient 11/21
- Praying for Intercession 11/28
October 2023
Special Reflections on the OFS Rule
2020 Rev. Edition
Reflections by Fred Schaeffer, OFS
September 2023
# Republished from previous website
August 2023
- In His Presence 8/5
- Interior Life is for all Franciscans!
- The Real Presence in the Eucharist
- Saint Francis of Assisi excluded no one 8/12
- The Four Great Dogmas of Mary 8/14
- Let's make this a "kinder" world! 8/18
- God Invites Us To Pray 8/22
- God's Love for us:
A cure for people who feel alone 8/23 - His Everlasting Love 8/25
- God's love for us: The Holy Spirit 8/26
- Jesus asks us to forgive and forget! 8/26
- A Moment of Silence please: be still and know that I am God
8/31
Franciscan Feast Day Reflections
Index to Franciscan Reflections - previous months
- Be a Person of Integrity
- He accepted His Cross
- God's deep love for all of us
- God's Presence strongly felt
- A Handshake and a Hug
- Mary's Little Portion
- There are different types of Prayer
- Love Yourself?
- We accept all people as a gift of the Lord.
- The Eyes Have It
- Inner Peace
Fred Schaeffer, OFS is a member of: Divine Mercy Fraternity
Come & See
A Reflection by Fred Schaeffer, OFS about joining the Secular Franciscan Order
You've met a lay Franciscan at your parish and you think you might be interested too. Your friend has invited you to one of our meetings, and now you are there as a visitor or observer. You listen to all that is said, and you pray with us as we pray. There's usually a social in the middle or end of the meeting, so you talk to some people. When you go home you have a faint idea that perhaps you ought to come back to the next meeting. But you really do not know why. You're already so involved and perhaps you're cautious about joining yet another committee or club. more...