In the Footsteps of Francis And Clare

"...[I]n certain respects there is not a great difference between the thirteenth and twenty-first centuries. During the lifetime of Saint Francis there was a burning hunger and desire for things of the spirit, for sound spirituality, for the experience of God. Francis was able to respond to those hungers in a way unmatched, perhaps, by anyone since, and he awakened those hungers in the hearts of others. Here in our twenty-first century there is clear evidence of the same kind of desires in people's hearts. They are searching for paths that open them to the realization of their yearnings of the spirit."