Minute Meditations

St. Francis meets Sultan Malik al-Kamil' in this artist's rendering

Daring to Make Peace

The two men recognized in each other a desire for peace and a devotion to their mutual sacred texts, the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Q’uran.

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Finding Our Inner Peace

Peace is achieved more effectively by trying to bring out the best, not pointing out the worst, in others.
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Francis Is Our Model for Peace

Saint Francis simply loved Christ and lived the Gospel, and he and his brothers became thereby catalysts for social change.
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Persuasive Peace

Peacefulness is its own persuasion. That is the best option for those committed to living the Gospel.
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God Will Show Us the Way

A preference for light and beauty is one of the reasons St. Francis was so successfully a peacemaker.
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A Love Purified by the Love of God

In Francis’s life, it was the crucified Savior who spoke to him from the cross of San Damiano and whom he saw in lepers.
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God Has Been There the Whole Time

Was there a defining moment when Francis realized that it was God he was trying to love?
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