A Sacramental Universe: We haven't kept up the Franciscan traditions
A Sacramental Universe Richard Rohr shares how Francis responded to the rising tide of “consumer” culture, which Francis’ father was fully engaged in as a wealthy merchant. Such a lesson for contemplatives today. This could be a definition of what it means to be a contemplative, which is to look at reality with much wider eyes than mere usability, functionality, or self-interest—with inherent enjoyment for a thing in itself as itself. ____ Francis refused to be a “user” of reality—buyin