St. Francis of Assisi

Regardless of our own financial situation, we all can be poor in spirit.

God led Francis in and through the depths of suffering to come to know Christ.

To accept some degree of meaninglessness is our final and full act of faith that God is still good and still in control.

Francis was as much subject to self-doubt as any of us. His motives were purified in prayer; his ego became right-sized there.

It is true that St. Francis, with his whole heart, wanted to imitate his Lord and Master.

It is our Christian belief that when Christ, the Incarnate Word, came to dwell among us, we entered a whole new era of God’s saving presence in our world.