Before he was a saint, Francis of Assisi wanted to be a knight — the kind who wins glory in battle and becomes somebody. Fr. John-Mary, CFR tells the story of the night that ambition was interrupted, and traces it through to the quieter conviction it left behind: that the God who leads us is the same God who hides Himself, in total humility, in a small piece of bread.

Chapters
0:00 Let Yourself Be Led
0:11 Advice for the Lost
0:24 A Young Man's Ambition
1:09 God Interrupts the Journey
1:23 Not the Traditional Kind of Knight
1:54 Overwhelmed by Possibility
2:38 Open Yourself to Him
3:07 A Simple Way to Imitate Francis
3:23 "Look at the Humility of God"
4:17 Hidden Under a Small Piece of Bread

➡️ 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.

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