St. Francis of Assisi

Lent with St. Francis: Eucharist

St. Francis was absolutely devoted to the Eucharist. It’s one of the reasons he was so concerned about rebuilding and cleaning local churches, making them suitable homes for the Eucharist.
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Lent with St. Francis: Betrayal

Do we always end up betraying Jesus at some point? We are all sinners. We all need salvation, again and again and again. And so we come to the paschal mystery, the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
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Lent with St. Francis: Love of Money

In this holiest of weeks, we are challenged more than ever to think about our own relationship with money and material goods. Are we in danger of letting it come between ourselves and our God or ourselves and our loved ...
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Following St. Francis

Francis of Assisi was born into privilege and gave it up to embrace simplicity and poverty. Could you do the same?
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Lent with St. Francis: True Concern for the Poor

The tension between material possessions and the spiritual life has always been part of religious life. We see it in our own religious institutions and in our own lives.
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Lent with St. Francis: The Cross Is before Us

The cross is before us now with its wordless challenge to love beyond death. Take some time this week to think about events in your own life that have given you an experience of Jesus’s command to pick up your ...
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