What Is the Appeal of Saints Francis and Clare?

Franciscan Father Greg Friedman says that Saint Francis of Assisi found a way to communicate his personal experience of God with those around him and with his followers.

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He began to let us see the world--Creation--in all its rich complexity, its developments through time, its process of failure and redemption, THROUGH THE EYES OF GOD, our Father. That moment in our history awakened us to the beauty, the joy and the freshness which is the Gospel for those with faith.