by Kate Kleinert, Fraternity Minister

The words are brutal; the attitude - ugly. Accusations are made, Stories, true - half true or completely untrue are repeated and repeated and repeated.

It must be a Presidential election year! What a great time to be Franciscan!!

This is not a political talk. I am not here to foist my political views on anyone. I don’t care who you are voting for - that’s your right and privilege. What I do care about is how easy it is to get caught up with the crowd. And that’s not Franciscan. Don’t we naturally tend to swim upstream? …against the tide of what everyone else is doing?

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We were blessed with a beautiful day for our annual communion breakfast yesterday. Some photos have been posted to our online gallery. You can click on the small photos to see larger sized ones.

As usual, Kate Kleinert, our fraternity minister, gave a wonderful talk which is included here:

Thank you for joining me on this beautiful occasion. I love our Communion Breakfast. It is not only a time when we see some of our Brothers and Sisters who cannot get here during the year, but it is a time when all of us embrace our Franciscan spirit and calling. By bringing a dish to share, we are feeding each other’s body. By being here, we are feeding each other’s soul. I truly believe this is how God is present to us in our every day lives – through each other. Now, none of us believe we are God, at least I hope not! But if we are really listening to our call, we are God’s instruments.

I am not a great musician, but I know this about instruments – they don’t get played by themselves. Someone must bring the music to them – and then act on it. Listening to the music doesn’t make it come out of our instruments.

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