Comments on: Radical Francis http://emboldenme.com/2010/06/radical-francis/ Searching for Prayer, Anywhere and Everywhere Thu, 03 May 2012 14:22:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The Canticle and the Cross « Embolden Me http://emboldenme.com/2010/06/radical-francis/comment-page-1/#comment-178 The Canticle and the Cross « Embolden Me Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:20:11 +0000 http://emboldenme.com/?p=852#comment-178 [...] I mentioned in the last post, my fraternity used a chapter from the book In the Footsteps of Francis And Clare for ongoing [...] [...] I mentioned in the last post, my fraternity used a chapter from the book In the Footsteps of Francis And Clare for ongoing [...]

]]> By: Sr. Agnes Marie http://emboldenme.com/2010/06/radical-francis/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Sr. Agnes Marie Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:29:43 +0000 http://emboldenme.com/?p=852#comment-177 An excellent article that came across the wires just this morning is entitled <a href="http://www.hnp.org/publications/hnp_today_view.cfm?iid=152&aid=3192" target = "_blank" rel="nofollow">"The Franciscan Vision and the Oil Spill: Are We Listening?"</a>. It seems to point in the same direction as your vision and the radicality needed to bring it to fruition. If we're talking about being "radical" here is the author's final paragraph directed to all of us claiming to be Franciscan. "It is time to heal a painful and disastrous gap that all too often exists between spiritual life and political involvement. Are we ready to get Francis out of the birdbath and into the real world that needs him -- the world blemished by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? [My insertion: and so many other physical as well as moral blemishes]. Will we trust the Holy Spirit and partner with a God who desires to heal, make all things new, and bring forth even greater beauty?" An excellent article that came across the wires just this morning is entitled “The Franciscan Vision and the Oil Spill: Are We Listening?”. It seems to point in the same direction as your vision and the radicality needed to bring it to fruition.

If we’re talking about being “radical” here is the author’s final paragraph directed to all of us claiming to be Franciscan.

“It is time to heal a painful and disastrous gap that all too often exists between spiritual life and political involvement. Are we ready to get Francis out of the birdbath and into the real world that needs him — the world blemished by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? [My insertion: and so many other physical as well as moral blemishes]. Will we trust the Holy Spirit and partner with a God who desires to heal, make all things new, and bring forth even greater beauty?”

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