
Following St. Francis of Assisi into the New Year
St. Francis is someone whom people often turn to for inspiring words—even though he actually didn’t say some frequently attributed to him.
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St. Francis is someone whom people often turn to for inspiring words—even though he actually didn’t say some frequently attributed to him.

What does expressing gratitude really mean? What is something in your daily life that you take for granted but that is actually a blessing from God?

The meaning of time is the atmosphere of God’s epiphany, of God’s mystery and his concrete love.

A truly grateful person overlooks the negatives to focus on the world’s abundant delights. People want to be around them, to become as thankful as they are.

If we have celebrated the feast of the incarnation well, our lives will be changed.

The optimist believes everything will work itself out. As Christians we are not optimists; we are people of hope.

Nature is a gift to be celebrated, not simply to be controlled and altered.

In caring for today’s refugees we are caring for the least of God’s people

Simply by going to Mass each Sunday, we hear a huge portion of the Bible over the course of three years.

St. Francis and the Sultan’s meeting, centuries ago, has much to teach us.