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As God Desires

That total abandonment to God would be Josephine’s legacy—and it is one we can work toward as 21st-century Catholics.
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The Lord’s Way

Sometimes we resist conversion to the Lord’s way because we fear giving it full freedom will shrink our world, will make us more closed in.
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St. Francis and the Gift of Love 

The Franciscan way encourages us to be present to love—right here, right now. 
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Worship God Only

Francis knew that idolatry was the key sin in the Old Testament.
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Only God Can Change Hearts

Francis himself realized that prayer or fasting cannot change one’s heart. Only God can.
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‘Your Heart Is to Be an Altar of God’

In writing to a Poor Clare, St. Bonaventure said, “Your heart is to be an altar of God. It is here that the fire of intense love must burn always.”
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