DAY 13 of our Retreat

I loved Kirvan's phrase: "every character-forming moment."  I hope that that can be a phrase I take into myself when I am faced with difficulties, choices, decisions, etc.  Today Kirvan also speaks of Francis' poverty of spirit.  I appreciate hearing that Francis did not see it as a taking away/being deprived of but rather as a positive choice, a way for him to define his "life with God."  A good question for me today is "How do I want my 'life with God' to be?"  I have choices about that.  And then I need to realize that God wants this  even more than I do.

REFLECTION:

• What word/words struck me from today's meditation?

• What am I learning about Francis these days?  OR   What am I learning from Francis that I can apply to my own life?