Franciscan Spirit

"During the meal, Jesus took bread, blessed it and broke it as a sign that his body would be broken, too, through his freely accepted death. The humanity of Christ is like the grape because it was crushed in the ...

"When a crystal is touched or struck by the rays of the sun, it gives forth brilliant sparks of light. When the man of faith is touched by the light of God's grace, he too must shine with his good ...

"Today Christ stands at the door and knocks in the person of his poor. It is to him that we open when we give aid, when we give ourselves to those in need. For he tells us plainly, 'Just as ...

Central to Franciscan spirituality is this: God is love.

"Nothing apart from God can satisfy the human heart, which is truly in search of God." –Saint Anthony of Padua   Reflection Not long ago one of the friars living here at the Monastery observed that, out of this time ...

"The greedy man is really not rich, but poor. He does not control his money but is controlled by it. He does not possess his wealth but is possessed by it. He may have many things, yet for him he ...