The Major Legend of Saint Francis by St. Bonaventure, Chapter Nine: Aroused by everything to divine love, he rejoiced in all the works of the Lord’s hands and through their delightful display he rose into their life-giving reason and cause. In beautiful things he contuited Beauty itself and through the footprints impressed in things heContinue reading “The Canticle of the Creatures: Creation as Revelation of God”
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The Tension Between Work and Leisure
In the first reflection, I asserted that the ancients and the Greeks had a different definition of the word “leisure” than the one we use today. I also asserted that the definition advanced by the Greeks would have been identical to the one understood by Francis. It sometimes shocks me how the Franciscan sources neverContinue reading “The Tension Between Work and Leisure”
Rediscovering the Meaning of Leisure
Psalm 46:10 The Lord says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” _____________________ If I were to ask someone for a contemporary definition of the word “leisure,” they would probably respond with something like this: “Leisure is free time meant to be usedContinue reading “Rediscovering the Meaning of Leisure”
6: True and Perfect Joy
Please read the following passages multiple times: The Little Flowers of St. Francis, Chapter VIII, How St. Francis Set Forth to Friar Leo Where Perfect Joy Was to be Found The Writings of Francis of Assisi: The Undated Writings, True and Perfect Joy Then focus on the following: ………. if we bear all these injuries withContinue reading “6: True and Perfect Joy”
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