St. Francis of Assisi

St. Francis and His Artisans of Peace

The peace that Francis showed with birds, wolves, lambs, larks, and worms reminded his contemporaries that Adam and Eve lived in total harmony with all creatures before they were sent from the Garden of Eden.

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Cross poking out of the grass

St. Francis and the Cross of Christ

When we look at the mystery of Jesus, this evokes quite a different sense of the divine.
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St. Francis and the feast of pardon

St. Francis and the Feast of Pardon

The Feast of Pardon, as it is called in Italy, always attracts thousands of visitors and pilgrims to Assisi.
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Skewed view of church

What Is Your View on Reality?

Everybody looks at the world through their own lens, a matrix of culturally inherited qualities, family influences, and other life experiences.
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Basilica of St. Francis | Photo by Raimond Klavins on Unsplash

Saint Francis for Seekers

Over 40 years ago, a gentle Franciscan high school teacher penned a seminal book about Saint Francis. It wasn’t a biography or a treatise on the little Poor Man of Assisi but a romantic, imaginative work that presents the saint from the ...
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Holy Family

Saint Francis Makes Bethlehem Real

A joyful Christmas to you! Thanks for spending a minute with me on this great day.
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jesus on the cross | Photo by Adrian Dascal on Unsplash

‘Who are you, my God, and who am I?’

One of the stories about Francis of Assisi relates how a brother watched the saint in prayer, and heard him pray the words, “Who are you, Lord my God, and who am I?”
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