Franciscan Saints

The stiller you become, the clearer will your reflection be.

Thomas Merton said that what it means to be myself is to be my true self.

St. Francis of Assisi once said, “Create within yourself a place where God might dwell.”

“Rich by reason of its poverty.” That phrase was as difficult to understand in Francis’s day as it is in ours. Celano was not pulling this expression out of thin air.

Throughout this canticle, we have seen how Francis saw God’s goodness, radiance and beauty in all creatures. He saw them indeed as benevolent friends, as brothers and sisters—as family. And now even the reality of death itself becomes “Sister Death” ...

Today, Christian Native Americans seek ways of being equal participants in the life and mission of the Church—as indigenous people.