Franciscan Spirituality

Maybe because Francis was not an intellectual he could perceive the mystery of God in its pristine beauty—the extraordinary divine in the ordinary human.

The love of the Father for the Son is the same divine love for all creation.

All truth is from God, and God’s truth is that we are to love God, and loving God will show us how to love our neighbor.

The practical conclusion of the first teaching of St. Francis is that if we listen and pray, God will show us what we are to do with our lives.

Find a way to be especially good to your body this week. It is a gift from God.

We need to be in right relationship with people, so that other people can love us at deeper levels, and so we can love them too.