Franciscan Saints
In a Continuum
I don’t think there is much difference between life and death. The difference is as a leaf suspended in a flowing stream.
Comfort from the Cross
We as moderns view the whole of Francis’ life—beginning, middle and end.
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Embrace the Mystical Christ
This cross at San Damiano, like all crosses, is the “canvas” on which the answers are painted.
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Singular Holiness
Francis’s greatness, I think, comes from his ability to transfer, and transform, his internal conversations to the physical reality of the external world.
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Carlo Acutis: Miracles, Holy Bread, and a Teen Saint in the Making
“Not me, but God,” Blessed Carlo Acutis is quoted as saying. When this author visited Assisi, she discovered the growing excitement surrounding the millennial teenager’s life, legacy, and sainthood cause.
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Gaze, Consider, Contemplate, Imitate
An adaptation of Clare’s words, Gaze upon Christ, Consider Christ, Contemplate Christ, can be a Franciscan mantra for those wishing to draw closer to God in contemplative prayer.
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