"Francis realized that God humbly bends low in love and hides in simple, ordinary, fragile beings. So too we must realize that God is in our midst. Only when we can recognize creatures for what they are--expressions of God's overflowing love--can we recognize the source of our own lives as well. The love that gave birth to all creatures is the same love that has brought us into existence. This is what Francis realized, the luminous web of God's love revealed in Jesus Christ. We are called to live in this luminous web of love." (Delio, Warner, and Wood)
Saint Francis understood that web of life and lived humbly and simply within it. We have a little concrete St Francis on our patio to remind us. He was a guest at the party on the weekend, and though he said little, he was very present.