St. Francis of Assisi

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Take Up Your Cross

Those few friends and family members who stayed behind and perhaps risked their own lives for the sake of their friend and Lord have denied themselves to follow Jesus.
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Dear Reader: God Is the Artist

Though St. Francis of Assisi was, to his core, an institutional Catholic, he found God everywhere, not just under the roof of a church.
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Loving Creation, Loving God 

When we allow ourselves to be as open as a child in our relationship with creation, we are one step closer to bringing about the kingdom of God. 
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Follower of St. Francis: Sister Kathy Warren

Followers of St. Francis: Sister Kathy Warren, OSF

A Franciscan spirit and the changes of the Second Vatican Council would lead her on a remarkable journey. 
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The Joy and Suffering of Love

The love of Jesus Christ that leads to his willing embrace of the crucified earthly destiny that appeared before him is both a model for how we are called to love and a revelation of God’s self-offering of control out ...
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Higher Calling

Not everyone is called to be a professed Franciscan. But everyone is called to be Franciscan.
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