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Today, Saint Francis is one of the most popular saints. But he wasn't so popular
during his life time. At least when he first started out! He was thought a
fool of the worst kind! He had everything going for him and he threw it
all away to wear ragged clothes, eat food that was thrown to the dogs, and
sleep in a ruined church that didn't even have a proper roof to keep out the
rain.
In many ways we too must live a "fool's" life if we want to be true followers
of Christ. We may not live as radical as Saint Francis did but each day we
are called to make choices that will determine who we are following. The
clothes we wear, the food we eat, where we work, the people we associate
with ... all these are silence witnesses of just how committed we are to living
the Christian life.
Saint Francis,
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