St. Francis of Assisi

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."

Francis undoubtedly carried a bit of guilt about his dramatic and showy rejection of his father in the city square many years before.

Our love and suffering as Christian disciples, like the Lord’s on the cross, does not happen in vain.

Both Sts. Francis and Clare of Assisi recognized the importance of what happened at the cross as a model for Christian life.

Jesus said, “I thirst.” What do you say in response?

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.