Franciscan Spirit

As I imagine a flourishing world, I picture one in which we are all able to become our truest, best, most Christlike selves.

If we think we loved each other while on earth, there are no words to describe the perfect love we will have for one another in eternity.

The fact that the rosary is an object can help to celebrate the incarnational side of our religion and remind us all of where we started, and who we are.

Seeing God in every moment leads us as well to total reliance on God in every moment. This little way to faith and trust can help us accept ourselves for who we are.

Wandering the streets of Rome, the Franciscan spirit is alive. It breathes. We pilgrims inhale deeply.

‘We sat for a long time in Santo Stefano, long enough for a concrete sense of the passage of time to dissipate.’