Francis and his early followers remind us that it is not place or circumstances that make us free, it is the heart that makes us free when it is turned toward God.

Jesus is God-with-us, the human One who mediates our relationship with God for all eternity. What happened in Jesus, however, must take place in all humanity (and creation)

As God bends low to love us where we are, we must be open to welcome God in our lives, to embrace this God of humble love and to allow God to live in us in every way.

Through his life in Christ he came to see that Christ cannot be limited to a single human person; rather, Christ encompasses the whole creation.

if the universe is to find its fulfillment in Christ, God’s humble love must live in us through grace and freedom.

The most profound expression of God’s humility for Francis was in the Eucharist.

Violence, suffering and death do not have the last word in God. The last word is love.

What does a humble God of love do in such a diverse world? Rejoice! Because God’s creation is a wonderful celebration of diversity.

Fr. Mychal simply wished to go where God needed him. And he could never refuse God anything. “The wonderful thing is saying yes and accepting God’s grace. We could say no and walk away. But when we say yes and go forward, great and wonderful things will happen,” Fr. Mychal reportedly said.