Franciscan Saints
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.
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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Simplicity Is Our Goal
When you agree to live simply, the ethics and economics of war reveal themselves in all their evil and stupidity.
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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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Saints served generously, creatively, pope says at canonization Mass