Appreciation Is the Sacrament
Now the preaching of St. Francis was on this wise: “My sisters the birds, much are ye beholden unto God your creator, and alway and in every place ought ye to praise Him, because He…
Tag: Saint Francis of Assisi
Today’s One-Liner (#215)
Be praised, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars; in the heavens you have made them, precious and beautiful. –Saint Francis of Assisi, Canticle of the Sun, translated by Bill Barrett from the Umbrian…
Today’s One-Liner (#212)
I fell in love with Saint Francis of Assisi as soon as I came to know about him. –Simone Weil, Waiting for God
Perfect Joy
ONCE when St. Francis was coming from Perugia to Santa Maria degli Angeli with Friar Leo in the winter, and the very great cold vexed him sore, he called Friar Leo, who was going before,…
Today’s One-Liner (#196)
Even among the saints he has the air of a sort of eccentric, if one may use the word of one whose eccentricity consisted in always turning towards the centre. –G. K. Chesterton, from his…
Today’s One-Liner (#155)
When our relationships become strained we can ask ourselves what Jesus would have done—or, when that seems too lofty, what Saint Teresa or Saint Francis wold have done. —Eknath Easwaran, Original Goodness, 166
Today’s One-Liner (#102)
But if we understand that it was truly under the inspiration of his divine Master that St. Francis did these merely quaint or eccentric acts of charity, we must understand that it was under the…
Today’s One-Liner (#71)
Be praised, my Lord, through all your creatures, especially through my lord Brother Sun, who brings the day; and you give light through him. –Saint Francis of Assisi, Canticle of the Sun, translated by Bill…
Concentration Is Consecration
Sri Eknath Easwaran distinguishes two kinds of spiritual reading: that of instruction and that of inspiration. Simone Weil’s book, Waiting for God, is an example of the latter, as it is fecund with material for…