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If the mystic is one who experiences in an extraordinary way the intimacy with God offered to everyone, then the Blessed Virgin Mary is the model and pattern of the mystical life.
The spirituality of St. Francis of Assisi is not so much about the heroic deed as it is about the heroic love with which even the smallest deed is done. That is very clear from the quintessential story of Perfect Joy.
In his writings and in the early biographies of St. Francis, he emerges as a person formed and informed by the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Francis helped resurrect the Christ of the Gospels who showed Francis the way that alone would renew the earth and all life that dwells upon it.
St. Francis’ Message: God’s House Is All of Creation
In poverty, Francis of Assisi found the greatest of riches.
God is love. That is all we know and all that matters in the end.
