Ilia Delio, OSF

We are called to find God in fragile human flesh, encounter him and let ourselves be fully embraced by him.

Franciscan prayer begins with encountering the God of overflowing love in the person of Jesus Christ and ends with embodying that love in one’s own life.

God has entered into the darkness of every human heart and has loved us in the midst of pain and rejection.

The journey of prayer for Franciscans is the discovery of God at the center of our lives.

When we are truly ourselves, God shines through us in the most glorious and unique way.

We are invited into relationship with God who loves us and is faithful to us even when the world around us seems to fail.