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Peace Prayer of St. Francis

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Bedrock of Franciscan Peacemaking

May 12, 2024

Mutual giving and receiving is the bedrock of Franciscan peacemaking.

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Following St. Francis of Assisi into the New Year

January 1, 2024
St. Francis is someone whom people often turn to for inspiring words—even though he actually didn’t say some frequently attributed to him.
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Relief on stone of a dove with a twig, the Christian symbol of the Holy Spirit, as well as symbolic rebirth and traditional secular symbol for peace.

The Peaceful Spirit of St. Francis

January 11, 2023
In his writings and in the early biographies of St. Francis, he emerges as a person formed and informed by the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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A Look at the Peace Prayer of St. Francis

September 23, 2020
The Peace Prayer of St. Francis is a deep well of spiritual wisdom. We are wise to visit this well often.
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St. Francis of Assisi: Artisan of Peace

July 2, 2019
Interior peace is the awareness that God is and dwells in all of creation, and from that awareness flows the other three necessary elements of Pope Francis’s statement, namely, concern for nature, justice for the poor, and commitment to society.
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How to Be an Instrument of Peace

November 24, 2017
“May God smile on you and be merciful to you. May God turn his regard toward you and give you peace.” —St. Francis of Assisi
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