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A sister of Our Lady of Mercy, Saint Maria Faustina was blessed with unique messages from Christ concerning his mercy and forgiveness. These messages came at a time when many people viewed God as a strict judge.
Both versions of the Lord’s Prayer teach us how we are to address God, but also describe the kind of God we are to address. He is a father who forgives and expects his children to be forgiving.
He was only forty-five years old when he died, but he left behind a Dream to dream and a Journey to challenge everyone.
In poverty, he found the greatest of riches.
Francis of Assisi once told a cardinal, “The Lord has told me that he wanted to make a new fool of me.” We all want to look good, but Francis is showing us another way.
Saint Francis of Assisi: founder of the Franciscan family, Patron Saint of ecology, inspiration to thousands, claimed by people of all faiths as well as by those with no particular faith, a truly “catholic and apostolic man.” Though born in the 13th century, he belongs to all ages.
There are different ways of being busy and different kinds of busy-ness. Following Jesus is not so much a matter of taking care of him as it is of knowing and loving him. How busy am I–and about what?
He hoped Jesus’ coming to him would be like that. They would melt into one another, limb to limb and wound to wound, and Francis would rise completely in Jesus, flesh of His flesh, and his Journey would be ended and he would be himself.
In Francis’ final gift of poverty, he returned his mortal body to dust what was dust and to God what was God’s.
We live in divided times. In this time of discordant rhetoric, it’s crucial that we stand as a model for virtue and civility.
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