Franciscan Spirituality

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Related and Connected

When I take the time to remember where I am, who is with me, and what is around me, I come to my senses.
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Photo of Padre Pio and the Madona by Bro. Jeffrey Pioquinto, SJ, via Flickr

Padre Pio and the Madonna

Padre Pio nurtured his love for the Mother of Jesus from the time he was a child. He would go to the church in Pietrelcina to greet and to pray to Our Lady of Graces.
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You Are a Son of Heaven

Francis undoubtedly carried a bit of guilt about his dramatic and showy rejection of his father in the city square many years before.
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God Is the Initiator

God is always the initiator, always good, always available, and the flow is always free.
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The Call to Christian Discipleship

Our love and suffering as Christian disciples, like the Lord’s on the cross, does not happen in vain.
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Surrender All for Christ

Both Sts. Francis and Clare of Assisi recognized the importance of what happened at the cross as a model for Christian life.
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