ADVENT. ST FRANCIS AND THE BIRDS
December 15. Michelle asked her mom, “Please tell us that story about St Francis and the birds.” Mom replied, “There’s more to the story than birds, as you will hear.” A story from The Little Flowers of St Francis. …
POPE FRANCIS AND SISTER MOTHER EARTH
December 14. Pope Francis and Sister Mother Earth. In Laudato si’ in taking up the issues of climate change, and environmental matters Pope Francis follows in the footsteps of St Francis. More recently in his Fratelli Tutti he addresses the human…
ADVENT. ST FRANCIS AND SISTER MOTHER EARTH
December 13. Sister Mother Earth. Canticle 7. PRAISED BE YOU, my Lord, through our Sister Mother Earth who sustains and governs us, and who produces various fruit with coloured flowers and herbs. …
ADVENT. ST FRANCIS’S BROTHER FIRE TODAY
December 12. Brother Fire. Canticle 6. PRAISED be YOU, my Lord through Brother Fire, through whom you light the night, and he is beautiful and playful and robust and strong. While fire existed in nature the control of fire by early humans, from as early as a…
ADVENT. ST FRANCIS CANTICLE AND SISTER WATER
December 10. Sister Water. Canticle 5. PRAISED BE YOU, my Lord through Sister Water, who is very useful and humble and precious and chaste. Water is absolutely essential for life throughout creation. Until…
ADVENT. ST FRANCIS’ CANTICLE AND BROTHER WIND
December 9. Brother Wind, air and pollution. Canticle 4. PRAISED BE YOU, my Lord through Brother Wind, and through the air, cloudy and serene and every kind of weather, through whom You give sustenance to Your creatures. A guided…
ADVENT AND CREATION. THE WONDER OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
December 8. Francis in his final years, having already received the stigmata and already suffering severely with a sensitivity to light, which necessitated his living almost permanently in darkness, was inspired to compose the Canticle of the Creatures. He…
ADVENT AND CREATION
December 7. Creation. Francis was not the first to focus on and praise creation as he did in his Canticle of the Creatures. The Old Testament especially, contains numerous creation accounts and references, from within particular contexts and different…
LOOKING FOR THE BRIGHT SIDE
COP27 came and went and ended, with at least some resolutions on damage and compensation related to fossil fuel and global warming for more vulnerable nations. But there was no reference to the biodiversity aspect of the climate change issue. That is sad and appears…
ADVENT AND INCARNATION
December 5. Incarnation – some new insights. At the centre of the life of Francis is the Incarnate Crucified Lord of all creation, whom Francis called our “Elder Brother.” Francis had a great love for the infant Jesus. Although he was no…
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