Franciscan Saints

The spirituality of St. Francis is not so much about the heroic deed as it is about the heroic love with which even the smallest deed is done.

The point of reflecting on the stages of contemplative prayer is not so that I may begin progressing on the path.

Anthony traveled tirelessly in both northern Italy and southern France, choosing to enter the cities where the heretics were strongest.

When I once preached on the wedding feast at Cana, I suggested that the six stone jars had a moral interpretation: six ways to purify the soul.

Forget your cell, your cave, your place of prayer and be where you are—and in no other place.