Not easy...St. Francis, that is.
In the USPS mail, donation requests and bills. Many - many, really - of the first. Some of the second, thanks to modern day e-banking, which is easier on the psyche for not so many envelopes to go thru and read, file, line up for paying and making checks, etc., etc. Uuuufff! Well, two organizations linked to St. Francis' name - the Center for Action & Contemplation , that's the Richard Rohr site, and the Sisters of Saint Francis - had sent their donation requests, and in the envelopes were these bookmarks, and newsletters, and the well known "Dear José" letter, ...and... and they caught my eye. There was a bookmark from the CAC, and it read about, something like, " peace within ". Whaaattt? Peace when one is doing bills...? And the Sisters' mailing had a nice light blue card with the St. Francis prayer: " Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace ..." The bookmark - " we must first have peace in our heart before we spe...