Fr Isaiah has an unexpected first image of St Francis: not the joyful beggar, but Francis weeping. The saint who knew grief better than most is the saint who found perfect joy inside it — and the reason, Fr Isaiah says, is that God's own answer to human suffering was to take a heart and let it break.

Chapters
0:00 To weep with those who weep
0:10 Francis weeping
0:27 Weeping for love of him who loved us
0:39 A man acquainted with grief
1:01 Sorrow gave birth to joy
1:19 Perfect joy is born from sorrow
1:47 The weeping Francis and the joyful Francis
2:02 God took a heart and allowed it to break
2:26 Not the response we were looking for
2:41 What you need when you're hurting
3:07 Job's friends got it right when they sat with him
3:27 The best expression of love
3:45 Grief becomes a gateway
3:51 The sacred broken heart of Jesus

➡️ ABOUT THIS PROJECT
This year marks 800 years since the death of St. Francis of Assisi. To mark the anniversary, we're travelling to friaries across the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal to sit down with the friars and hear, in their own words, what St. Francis means to them — how they first encountered him, what drew them to the Franciscan life, and what the Poverello continues to teach them today. Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss the next one.

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