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The cross is before us now with its wordless challenge to love beyond death. Take some time this week to think about events in your own life that have given you an experience of Jesus’s command to pick up your cross and follow him.
In powerlessness freely accepted, Jesus modeled for us a new way of life, one that can disarm power when lived well.
Even after his conversion, Francis retains something of his antipathy for the Perugians, historical enemies of Assisi and the faction that imprisoned him in his fighting days.
In the Gospel of John, we have to wrestle with the fact that this good and holy man is in fact the human manifestation of the one, true God.
Francis understood that the way to imitate Jesus was by doing the good works that he had done, but there was also a mystical dimension to that identification.
What gives us peace in the dark moments, in life’s darkest moments, is always hope. Hope does not disappoint: it is always there, silent, humble, but strong
Francis wanted to make sure that his brothers understood that any glory they might experience always reflected more on God’s goodness than on any merit of their own.
