Franciscan Saints
Saint Clare of Assisi
Saint Clare of Assisi referred to herself as a little plant. In many ways, she was a strong oak. The first woman to write a Rule of Life for her sisters, she insisted on the privilege of poverty until her dying breath, getting papal approval of her Rule just days before she died.
Seven Days with Solanus Casey: From Holy Life to Eternal Life
“Eternal life: passing from time to eternity, from transitory struggling for existence common to mortals, to the destiny we trust, where anxiety and struggling for existence give place to confidence and union with every ideal ever dreamed of.”
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Seven Days with Solanus Casey: A Creative Spirituality
“We do well to remember how very short, after all, it is till our suffering and our time of merit, too, will be over. Let us offer everything, therefore, to the divine Spouse of our souls, that He may accept ...
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Seven Days with Solanus Casey: A Prophetic Friar
“Happiness in this world consists in the hopes we foster. Little children are happy in the vivid hopes that animate them.”
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Seven Days with Solanus Casey: Holy Witness to History
“Many are the rainbows, the sunbursts, the gentle breezes—and the hailstorms—we are liable to meet before, by the grace of God, we shall be able to tumble into our graves.”
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Seven Days with Solanus Casey: Relying on Mary
“The Blessed Virgin Mary! Next to Jesus Himself, and always with Him, may she ever be our refuge and our stay during this pilgrimage on earth.”
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Seven Days with Solanus Casey: Simple, Sublime Faith
“Let us thank God ahead of time for whatever He foresees is pleasing to Him, leaving everything at His divine disposal.”
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