Prayer
The Spirit Flows
Enlightenment is not so much knowing as unknowing. It is not so much learning as unlearning.
Lovely Lady Poverty
This mystery of gospel poverty is the great desire of Francis’s heart and soul because it is the mystery of Christ, who is being born within Francis as Francis dies to himself to become like Christ.
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St. Francis: Weak in Body, Strong in Spirit
The beauty of Francis’s world after his experience of the San Damiano cross is that it largely shielded him.
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Remember to Remember God
I have tried to learn from St. Francis. In my home, pinned to the curtain of my front door, is a reminder—"Remember to remember God."
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Hearts Moved to Praise
When we can see God reflected in all that exists, our hearts are moved to praise the Lord for all his creatures and to worship him in union with them.
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A Prayer for Those I Do Not Know
At a restaurant recently, I looked around at all the people seated nearby. And though I will never know them—or even see them again—I thought about how we are sharing a sacred moment.
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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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