Franciscan Saints

Francis himself realized that prayer or fasting cannot change one’s heart. Only God can.

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.”

In Francis’ day, some people admired him very much for thinking in new ways.

Always bear in mind as a safe general rule that while God tries us by his crosses and sufferings, he always leaves us a glimmer of light by which we continue to have great trust in him and to recognize ...

Francis no longer saw his body as something apart from him. He was his body; the spirit and body were one. He was one person.