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St. Francis
St. Francis of Assissi: Beautiful Homily
I was profoundly moved by Fr. Jantz' homily on the Feast of St. Francis. It is approximately from 14:15 to 31:10. Here are my notes from it: Three lessons from Francis's Canticle of the Creatures 1. Gratitude and poverty (Brother Sun, Sister Moon) St. Francis wrote the Canticle near the end of his life, when he was almost blind. He praised the beauty of…
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St. John of the Cross
When God Becomes the Horizon
There is a subtle temptation in the spiritual life to believe that holiness is primarily about trying harder. We often think growth in God means becoming more disciplined, more productive, more emotionally stable, more spiritually “successful.” But the saints consistently point us somewhere deeper. They tell us that the spiritual life is not first about our effort to…
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