The "Franciscan Reflections" in this index are written by Fred Schaeffer, SFO., unless otherwise noted. He began writing these reflections
and catechetical teachings for SFO, and for the Church in general, in 1996. There are 530+ listings here.

A second index has been started as this one is too big already. The new index starts with #531, here.

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Happy moments, praise God
Harden Not Your Hearts
Have you arrived?
Have you experienced suffering?
Have you seen Jesus?
Healing
"Heaven is not a location in the cosmos, but a place within God" (Benedict XVI)
Heavenly Help
He accepted His Cross
He dwelt among us
He gave his only Son
He immersed himself in God
He is within us.
He knew Jesus
He knows everything!
He seeks us Out.
He will Heal You!
He won't let us down!
Hear the Sound of my Pleading
His Everlasting Love
His Everlasting Love 2
Holy Men and Women
Holy Spirit is at work, The
Holy Week
Holy Week Meditation
Holy Week: what it means to us.
Honestly!
Honor the Sabbath
How can they hate so much?
How to go to Confession
How to Pray
Humility and St. Francis of Assisi
Hunger for God

I accept all people with love. Do you?
I live in you.
"I'm hungry", God says
Illegal Immigrants are People, too.
In Denial
In His Presence, I
In His Presence, II
In Our Weakness
In Quiet Moments
In the eye of the Storm
In the Palm of His Hand
Inner Strength
Is it so hard to forgive?
It depends on you!
It's true
It should never be forgotten
Inspirational Windows

Jesus, how precious is Thy Name?
Jesus is always with us
Jesus is present to us in the least of our brothers and sisters
Jesus wants to Heal us
Jesus wants to talk to you...
Joy of Suffering
Judge Not!
Just one Word
Justice for All

Keep the fires burning
Keeping Jesus company

Last Letter between Friends
Lent is the time for Daily Conversion
Lenten Meditations
Lessons of Gubbio
Let's walk in God's Light
Let us Stop Offending God
Let's Communicate!
Let us pray!
Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi by Father
  Candide Chalippe, OFM, Revised by Father Hilarion
  Duerk, OFM  (.pdf file)
Light in the Window
Little Flowers of Saint Francis
Listen to Jesus in your heart
Looking for a few holy priests
Lord Restore My Sight...
Love Your Enemies
Loving oneself for God's sake

Make time for God
Make time for prayer amid the havoc of this world
Making time for God/ Internet
Man and Woman, Diversity and  Mutual Complimentarity (DeNuncio)
Mary Immaculate
Mary's Fiat
Mary's Month
Mary the Mother of Christ
Mary, woman of the Eucharist
Medieval Chant
Mental Images in Holy Scripture
Message of John Paul II to the SFO General Chapter 2002
Midwinter Dreams
Minister's Message
Misery at our Doorstep
Morality
Morally Speaking
More on Contemplation
Music is often a means to meditation
My Father
My Grace is Sufficient

Naked, we came into this world
News
Nicodemus
No Fishing Allowed!
No Sin is Unforgivable

Oh, what misery words can cause
Of Hay and Horses
Of the love of St. Francis for Worms
Of the Sacred and Holy Stigmata
Of Saint Francis and Certain Considerations thereon
On Fraternity
On Loneliness
On Ordinations (Deaconate) 
On St. Anthony
On St. Theresa's views on Purgatory
On Suffering
On the Immaculate Conception by St. Francis Anthony of Lucera [Fasani]
One Hour's Faith
Ongoing Crisis in our Church
Our Bethlehem
Our Common Franciscan Father
Our Country's Finest
Our Forgotten Saints
Our Greatest Friend
Our Guardian Angel (255)
Our Guardian Angels (293)
Our Heart Must Enter Into It
Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.
Our Sanctuary
Our Sharing in the Spiritual Goods of the Franciscan Family by Helen Caldarone, SFO
Our true relationship with God

Palm Sunday 2008
Parish Community
Parrhesia
Pentecost birthday of the Church
Perfect Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Personal Conversion
Personal Praise Report
Personal prayer brings us closer to God
Pope's Teachings: St. Bonaventure
Praising God
Prayer is an Expression of Love
Pray for Seminarians
Pray for your Parish Clergy
Prayer and Offerings to God
Prayer - Rosary
Prayer-Striving for Perfection
Prayer: God's gift that keeps on giving!
Praying Scripture with Imagination: writing yourself into the scene.
Presumptions
Priests have a unique role

Quiet moments, worship God
Quiet suffering: the human condition

Rebuild my Church
Reflections in Silence
Reflections on a Franciscan Weekend
Rejoice!
Remembering
Respect and Awe
Respect for Creation

Sacrament of Penance
Saying "Thank You"
Seasons of Change
Seasons of the Soul
Secular Franciscans at Your Service
Seeing God in ordinary things
Seek God's Will in these perilous times
Seven Last Words of Christ
SFO in the Church, The (Rosalvo G. Mota, SFO)
SFO IN THE CHURCH: Man and Woman: Diversity and Mutual Complementarity
Seeing God in Ordinary Things
Special Challenges
Spirituality and Awe
Spontaneous Joy
Spread the Good News
Solitude is not Isolation
Spiritual Friendship
Spiritual Friendships 2
Status quo
Stay close to Jesus
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
St. Francis of Assisi and Sister Lark
St. Francis as a model for priests
St. Francis of Assisi 1181-1226 what else happened in those years?
St. John of the Cross
St. Mary Faustina Kowalska
St. Pius X, SFO Pope
St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
St. Teresa of Avila - Oct. 15
St. Thomas Aquinas - Jan. 28
Stop running away from me!
Suffering for Your Faith
Suffering with Jesus
Sunday Eucharistic Celebration: a Gift from Jesus Christ

Take my Card
Talking to one another
Thank God for His Creation
That excessive Love by Father John Corriveau, OFM Cap
The Apostolate
The Days after Christmas
The Divine Potter
The Eyes Have It
The Holy Spirit in Our Lives (Pentecost)
The Marriage Covenant and other unions
The Mystic: St. Francis of Assisi
The Simplicity of St. Francis of Assisi (and how we can imitate him in our lives today by Helen Calderone, SFO)
The Storms Brought Out the Best in Us
The Body of Christ
The face of Jesus
The Gift of Peace
The Holy Trinity
The Holy Spirit in our Lives
The Interior Life is for All Christians
The Light in the Dark
The Lord Provides...
The love of God is all-powerful
The Magisterium
The Poverello
The President
The Promised Land
The Pure in Heart
The Saints Say Contemplation is for Everyone
The Silence of Inner Peace
The Spirit of Obedience
The Truth of the Matter Is
The Visit
They need a helping Hand
Things invisible
This is my Beloved Son
Throne of God
Time of the Ages
To admonish the sinner
To the Father, through the Son, in the Holy Spirit
To much talk about the end-times
Tolerance for All People
Too much Water
Tradition and Sacred Scripture
Transitus...an old Franciscan custom
True Christian Values
Turning from God is painful
Twilight Zone

Very difficult times need healing too.
Vocation: Come and See
Vocation: What is a Franciscan Vocation?

Was St. Francis a dreamer?
We are called for each other
We are church!
We are invited.
We bow our knees before the Lord
We share in His consolation
Watch what you wish for!
What are you seeking?
What do I know about Poverty?
What God has planned for you?
What good did you do, today?
What is a Religious Vocation?
What is Asceticism?
What is Grace?
What is "IHS?"
When our day has come.
Who are we?
Who is Holy?
Why can't we forgive others?
Why did God allow this to happen to me?
Why do we worry so?
Why Mary Appears
Why should we pray?
Why was Jesus born in a stable?
Window to the World
With Humility and Simplicity
Women of the SFO: When the Baobab Falls
Wonderful People?
Worthy Fruits of Penance

"You must put on a new self."