A Break from Technology
"If you've never had the experience of leaving behind your laptop, cell phone, Blackberry, pager, and life's usual commitments for a few days at a monastery — you should. Turning my communication devices off for even a half-day at a time has fed my soul, but a long weekend or week is best of all."
— Cloister Talks
The "Clothes" Worth Throwing Off
"We don't see the world as it is; we learn to see instead what we want to see. We create our world with what we think, often unconsciously, that we need. Those are the 'clothes' that Francis threw off as well when he left his father behind that day in the piazza."
— Feed the Wolf
Encouraging Everyone
“We are to go throughout the world encouraging everyone, more by deeds than with words, to do penance for our sins and to live with the commandments of God fresh in our minds.”
― Francis of Assisi in His Own Words
Out on the Streets
“I prefer a Church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a Church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security.”
― When Saint Francis Saved the Church
Stirring the Soul through the Senses
"So much that stirs our souls and waters our spirits is what we experience through our senses. It is what touches our skin, looks into our eyes, tingles our tongues, leads our noses, and makes noises that our ears take in all day long — that which comes through the created world surrounding us, of which we are only a very small part; all of it is essential to our spirituality."
— Sit in the Sun
