If we are made in God’s spirit, then our first “church” were the bodies given to us. Francis wrote, “Where there is the fear of God to guard the dwelling, there no enemy can enter.” If we know God dwells within us, no enemy can cross the threshold.
Perhaps that is the singular lesson Francis left behind: God is within us; therefore, we are not only capable, but called to be holy. All that we need to say in response is “Amen.”
—from St. Anthony Messenger‘s “Follow Francis, Serve God“
by Christopher Heffron
