Minute Meditations

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

Peacefulness is its own persuasion. That is the best option for those committed to living the Gospel.

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

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.

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

St. Francis knew that to see ourselves as we truly are is to look at ourselves with the eyes of God.