Franciscan Saints
Simplicity Is Our Goal
When you agree to live simply, the ethics and economics of war reveal themselves in all their evil and stupidity.
The Word Dwells in Creation
As the Word dwells in the human person, so, too, the same Word dwells in creation.
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‘Come Before Him with Joyful Song’
Francis loved to sing. It freed his spirit and turned the human voice, so often an organ of selfishness and sin, into an instrument of celebration.
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Forgiveness Leads to Peace
As others have written, the person who benefits most from forgiving is the one who forgives.
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St. Clare’s Final Blessing
Francis was canonized a mere two years after he died. Clare lived on for another twenty-seven years.
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Saints served generously, creatively, pope says at canonization Mass