Ever New, Ever Young

Ever New, Ever Young

In Francis’ day, some people admired him very much for thinking in new ways. The danger there was that Francis was simply calling attention to himself. Francis’ first biographer wanted to show that the saint’s newness was actually the rediscovery of something very old: that the Gospel could be lived here and now, not simply admired from afar. Sometimes we resist conversion to the Lord’s way because we fear giving it full freedom will shrink our …