St. Francis: Embracing Poverty for True Riches – Oct 04 – Homily – Fr Bernard

 

Fr. Bernard Mary Salter gives the homily from Our Lady's Chapel, New Bedford, MA, for the Solemnity of Our Seraphic Father Saint Francis (Oct 04, 2025), on St. Francis's profound love for poverty, not as a privation, but as a means to possess God, the ultimate good, and to imitate Christ's self-abasement.

Father further emphasizes the often-overlooked Marian root of Franciscan spirituality, highlighting Mary's role as the "Marian womb of Franciscanism" and the mediatrix of all graces, through whom perfect conformity to Christ is achieved.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Our Holy Father Francis - Solemnity - http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=50
Readings: from the Franciscan Lectionary

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- https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2025-10-04

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