franciscanponderings

 The most quoted passage from the Gospel in the writings was not any of the famous hard sayings of the Gospel about poverty or renunciatio...

Throughout the month of October I am reflecting on the life and message of St Francis. As I wrote in the last post this is not an exercise...

One of the risks in trying to live the Christian life as a Franciscan friar is indulging in a form of Romanticism about St Francis and the...

The questions asked of the Franciscans by a recent Minister General, Hermann Schaluck, get to the heart of living with hope in turbulent ...

St Francis knew that men and women cannot be harangued or bullied into the Kingdom of God. Rather Francis knew that people cannot only be...

In one of his admonitions to the friars St Francis described evangelisation as using “the most holy words and deeds of the Lord” to lead “...

Over the centuries St Francis has often been co-opted by different causes and projects. On his feast day it is good to recall to the core ...