The list of Franciscan saints seems to have quite a few men and women who accomplished nothing very extraordinary. Rose is one of them.... But she made a place in her life for God’s grace, and like Saint Francis before her, saw death as the gateway to new life.
"Just as Jesus allows himself to be broken, to be given to us as food, we too must break, we must share with each other, with our own people first, in our house, in our communities, for love begins at home.”
As soon as a slave ship entered the port, Peter Claver moved into its infested hold to minister to the ill-treated and exhausted passengers...with medicines, food, bread, brandy, lemons, and tobacco.
When it comes to Jesus' real presence in the Eucharist, if your faith has these five attributes, you're probably doing it right. If not . . . watch out!
