Francis Inspired

Thinking of St Francis.....

My daughter has recently started watching the Brother Francis DVDs (available here)  If you have young children and you have not seen these, you have to preview them on the website.  The songs are fun and he is such a great teacher of the faith to little ones.  What a  gift he is sharing with the world.

There is a beautiful coloring page on his blog in time for the upcoming Easter celebrations, take  a peek :)

Who is not just amazed by these stories of Pope Francis, too?  I'm so encouraged by his humility & peaceful nature.  He spent his first morning in prayer with the Blessed Mother.

from the NY TIMES, Europe Section

On the rock of Peter, Christ built the Catholic Church.  How amazing, Peter lied about his discipleship with  Christ three times, yet he became the rock on which to build the church.  Clearly, God sees things so differently than we do, judges so perfectly.  In our world, Peter betrayed and didn't deserve the first Papal chair.  In God's world, Peter confessed openly the agony of his betrayal, was forgiven and took the role that God gave him in a devoted manner, to the end of his life.  How much he must have grown in his faith from his sin, his confession, his forgiveness. 

He was, as Christs disciple, Not perfect, Only human.  

But in Gods eyes, clearly, Peter was something special. 

So is Pope Francis.

So are you.

God Bless :)