Desert Reflections: Celebrating the life of St Francis

Francis and the wolf. [Image: Carl Weidemeyer-Worpswede [Public domain]]
Fr Jim recounts the likely apocryphal story of St Francis’ taming the Wolf of Gubbio. What is not apocryphal, however, is that St Francis could see and honor the presence of God in all things. Animals, plants, the elements, the sun and moon – and even death – were his brothers and sisters. He calls upon us to honor and cherish them as our brother and sisters, too.

Today’s Readings

“Justice is with the Lord, our God.”
BAR 1:15-22

“Whoever listens to you listens to me. Whoever rejects you rejects me. And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”
LK 10:13-16