The ideal form of respect is silence. One of the surest symptoms of human maturity is the capacity to keep silent about confidences received, about petty human irregularities observed. When [...]

Whoever has succeeded in emptying the mind is a wise person. If we managed to empty ourselves completely, we would go back to the cradle of humanity. The wise person, [...]

History has not ended; instead, everything begins now. Death no longer has the last word over the Poor One; on the contrary, it was he who, giving himself up to [...]

In the morning of the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, Thursday, while they were all at Bethany, the disciples asked the Master where he wanted them to [...]

- Master, we cannot help it: a tide of sorrow and sadness has flooded us since we heard the sentence of death pronounced against you by the Sanhedrin. We are [...]

When living brotherly love, acceptance is the highest and most difficult summit to attain. We can demonstrate the meaning of the verb to welcome by using different expressions. I make [...]

The more I pray, the more God is God in me. It is not that God changes: He cannot be more God or less God. He is always the same. [...]

… Upon reaching the hut, a disciple ran out, apparently beside himself with emotion, and exclaimed: “Father Francis, Father Francis” He knelt at Brother Francis’feet and embraced his ankles, kissing [...]

Today, the first day of the year, the day of Holy Mary Mother of God, I bow down before her along with each and every one of the Guides throughout [...]

You who walk above the snow, You who upon touching the stars make them turn pale with beauty; You who move the world so gently, now that the night is [...]