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"Assisi ist das, was Franziskus aufgab, als er vor die Tore der Stadt trat; als er es aus den besitzenden Händen von irgendjemandem befreite und es zur Sehnsucht eines jeden machte: die Sehnsucht, auf den Straßen eines Paradieses zu wandeln, das wir nicht besitzen, sondern nur besuchen können, während wir auf Erden sind. Es wird nur dann unser, wenn wir es sein lassen, was es ist: die Wohnstatt des Armen Mannes Franziskus, der sie einst aufgab, damit wir sehen können, wie der Geist in dem lebt, was Gott freiwillig zurückgegeben wurde." Murray Bodo nimmt uns mit auf eine Reise in sein...

There was a time at the very beginning when Francis and his brothers lived at a place near Assisi called Rivo Torto...At Rivo Torto they fasted and did penance with all the enthusiasm and sometimes the imprudence of novices in the life of the Spirit, as the following story shows.
One night, as they all lay sleeping soundly, a loud cry broke into their dreams:
"I am dying I am dying Help me "
And the brothers, startled for their sleep, saw St. Francis already at the side of the terrified brother.
"What is it, brother? Tell me."
And though he was now embarrassed, the...

A way of life both stimulating and troubling
This is the way of life St. Francis shows us. It asks that we look again at the possibilities within us and around us and see Francis's life and examples as a way of embracing our "dark side," of reconciling the opposites in ourselves and the world. The Way of St. Francis offers all Christians a guide to following the spirituality of the beloved saint from Assisi.
Father Murray Bodo challenges himself and us with a renewed understanding of Francis--to whom we turn again and again in interpreting our own human experience...

From the thirteenth century to the present, Francis of Assisi endures as our best-loved and most-admired saint. He is our companion, brother, friend, teacher and lover of life. This inspiring compendium contains 365 selections--one for each day of the year--drawn from the sayings and writings of Francis as well as from stories about him.
In Through the Year With Francis of Assisi the reader finds a daily source of inspiration, a gentle stimulus towards living a more caring and loving way of life--free of unnecessary entanglements. These specially selected excerpts, grouped under...