Lent
Lent with St. Francis: True Authority
Servant leadership continues to be a difficult concept, perhaps because so many business and political organizations elevate power and authority to ends in themselves.
Lent with St. Francis: On Our Own
One of the iconic moments in Francis’s life was when he stood before the bishop and people of Assisi and stripped not only of the clothing that belonged to his father, but of his very identity as his father’s son.
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Lent with St. Francis: Don’t Compare, Don’t Judge
Jesus reserved his harshest words in the Gospels for those who thought they were spiritually superior to others.
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Lent with St. Francis: Ordinary and Extraordinary
The transfiguration was an extraordinary moment. Such moments don’t happen very often. But when they do, they change everything.
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Lent with St. Francis: Francis and the Sultan
The need for peace and understanding is as great in our time as it was during the Crusades, and sometimes as little valued.
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Lent with St. Francis: Taming the Wolf
Jesus and Francis both know that often the evil that we see and hate in others reflects some shadowy part of our own attitudes, thoughts, and behaviors.
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The Sacred Silence of Lent
"Lent is not an intellectual exercise, but an affair of the heart," says this author. By centering ourselves in prayerful silence, we open ourselves up to a deeper engagement with this holy season.
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