Franciscan Spirit
Lent with St. Francis: ‘By Your Holy Cross’
For St. Francis, meditating on the Passion was not some medieval exercise in masochism but a means of uniting himself completely to the sacrifice of Christ on the cross, a way of living so thoroughly into the mystery of Christ that he was able to lead others into this mystery.
Lent with St. Francis: Eucharist
St. Francis was absolutely devoted to the Eucharist. It’s one of the reasons he was so concerned about rebuilding and cleaning local churches, making them suitable homes for the Eucharist.
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Lent with St. Francis: Betrayal
Do we always end up betraying Jesus at some point? We are all sinners. We all need salvation, again and again and again. And so we come to the paschal mystery, the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
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Lent with St. Francis: Love of Money
In this holiest of weeks, we are challenged more than ever to think about our own relationship with money and material goods. Are we in danger of letting it come between ourselves and our God or ourselves and our loved ...
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Lent with St. Francis: True Concern for the Poor
The tension between material possessions and the spiritual life has always been part of religious life. We see it in our own religious institutions and in our own lives.
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Lent with St. Francis: The Cross Is before Us
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 ...
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Lent with St. Francis: Worldly Power
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.
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