Praised be You, my Lord, with all Your creatures, especially Sir Brother Sun, Who is the day through whom You give us light. And he is...

Dear Friends, If anyone had told me back in March of this year that I would still be writing a weekly letter to you in October, because...

‘God for us, we call you ‘Father’ God alongside us, we call you ‘Jesus’ God within us, we call you ‘Holy Spirit’ Together you are the...

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. St Francis of Assisi – Admonitions, 27 *** Image: Saint Francis -...

All the way to heaven is heaven, because Jesus said, "I am the way.” St Catherine of Sienna *** Image: Beach, New Brighton, New Zealand...

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. [Widely attributed in recent years...

‘It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God’ Hebrews 10:31 *** Image: Statue of Christ, Vũng Tàu, Vietnam Photo:...

Praised be You, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, producing varied fruits with coloured flowers and...

​How surely gravity’s law, strong as an ocean current, takes hold of the smallest thing and pulls it toward the heart of the world. ​...

‘the ungraspable spirit That hurls its fires, transfixing The soul forever drunk with life’ Henri Thomas *** Image: A South African...

‘To know clearly what you surrender, what you gain, and to have no regrets, to revisit without envy the scenes of a surrendered joy, and...

St Francis of Assisi Under 8s 1. The opening prayer: "Dear God, we thank you for St Francis, one of your greatest Friends! St Francis...

Lord, catch me off guard today. Surprise me with some moment of beauty or pain so that at least for the moment, I may be startled into...

‘I have met this man called Jesus who…stepped out to deliver the good news two thousand years ago. My spirit tells me that He has all the...

‘Go and sit in your cell, and your cell will teach you everything’ Brother Moses *** Image: Landscape with two Praying Monks, painted...

‘As a fish must return to the sea, so must we to our cell, in case by staying outside we forget to watch inside.’ Brother Antony ***...

‘Abraham was hospitable and God was with him Elijah loved quiet and God was with him David was humble and God was with him’ Brother...

‘[God] claims all because He is love and must bless. He cannot bless us unless He has us. When we try to keep within us an area which is...

Dear Friends, We can't actually go there together, so I am going to try to take you there with words...............To Assisi, in Umbria,...

‘I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else’ C. S....