Today’s One-Liner (#248)

If I had to fix a date for my conversion, as distinct from reception into the Church, I think I should put it during that winter, and should say that St. Francis converted me, but…

So Long Ago and So Modern

St. Francis anticipated all that is most liberal and sympathetic in the modern mood; the love of nature; the love of animals; the sense of social compassion; the sense of the spiritual dangers of prosperity…