Franciscan Virtues through the Gospel

Virtue is grace at work. Virtue is doing what God wants us to do.

    What does He want us to do? He wants us to do whatever we have to do, be it a little nothing or something big; to do it simply and well, for Him and with Him, with His aid, gratuitously and generously given.

    Again, since our aim in life is to make Christ our model, we should seek to know Him better all the time, which brings us right back to the source of our knowledge of Christ, the Gospels. This is repetitious; but, it is the essence of Franciscanism. READ THE GOSPELS. Then think, think, about what you have read. Ask yourself, “what is Christ saying to me?” I read these words in this book they call the Good News; I pluck them out of the book and sow them in my mind and in my heart, until I do this they are dead. I need to bring them to life, in me, in my life, in my home, in my community, in the world!

    Remember that the life of Christ as shown in the Gospels can still be going on today in the world — in us! Christ acting through us, if we will just let Him.