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I was looking forward to meeting a friend at a volleyball game. It had been a disturbing week. When I looked up in the stands, there he was chatting with the source of my disturbance.
From the depth of St. Francis’ relationship with God, he intuited a profound understanding of the human ego.
We crave control. Often we want to be in the driver’s seat of our own lives. But how realistic is that?
There is an old hymn called “What a Friend We Have in Jesus.” It speaks of the privilege and comfort of the depth of intimacy Jesus shares with each of us on a personal level; through all the joys and sorrows, ups and downs of life.
“Rich by reason of its poverty.” That phrase was as difficult to understand in Francis’s day as it is in ours. Celano was not pulling this expression out of thin air.
The answer God promises to give to you or me will be unique to each of us.
If everything we have comes from God, then even our prayer must also come from God. Like the gift of faith, prayer is a gift.
We sometimes feel a lack of spirit in the overwhelming necessity of everyday tasks. Consider inviting God into your repetitive duties.
Francis desired to live honestly. If the friars could do without something, then it belonged to a poor person who needed it.
I am proud to say that I have just recently entered my 50s. Strangely, it hasn’t shaken my foundation as I thought it would.
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