St. Francis Could Let Go

St. Francis Could Let Go

“St. Francis could let go when the right time came and engage in new ways of thinking and structures of relationship,” Sister Ilia Delio says. “I think Francis’ notion of poverty, as much as it was material, was more of an emphasis on living without possessing. People possess. We possess our ideas, our judgments, our opinions. We grip them and hold onto them with a tight grasp, not letting them go for anything. So, one thing for me is to become …