Franciscan Friar? You? The NY Post as the story…read the article…the approach is trendy but it may be helpful. Listen to the NPR article…
Don’t know till you try….
What would Saint Francis say?
Visit the Holy Name Province of the Franciscans webpage or the vocation’s page.
Francis said, And after the Lord gave me some brothers, no one showed me what I should do, but the Most High himself revealed to me that I should live according the form of the holy Gospel.
Franciscans love to quote the first part in the spirit of new brothers being a divine gift, but it’s really a subordinate clause. To me the genius of Francis is to know that the gift–wanted or unwanted–that we are to each other forces upon us the demands of the Gospel life.