Perfect Joy

Not in knowledge or conversions            in healings, exorcisms, or raisings of the dead                      is to be found perfect happiness But despite hostility, assault and attack           to praise God daily therein he said is perfect joy. Image by Yamid arevalo castro from Pixabay

The Snowdrops Appear

~ The snowdrops Appear            ~ As if to remind Us ~ Of resilience Each new year. ~ Image by reinhold57 from Pixabay

Reflections on The Poverello (9) – The Endurance of The Poverello

One passage in The Little Flowers of St. Francis is about endurance.  Whatever else Francis of Assisi was, he was certainly resilient!  It’s an extended passage but worth reading in full: ONCE … St. Francis called Friar Leo … and spoke…: "O Friar Leo, although the minor friar should give sight to the blind, make …

The Path I Choose to Follow

. There is a quieter Resilience . A strength Born of conviction . And inner Fire . A silent standing For truth . Commitment To higher . Values Ideals . Vision Of a nobler way . And that Is the path . I choose to follow Today. .