EMERGING FROM DEPRESSION THROUGH ENCOUNTER AND PRAYER One image for people who are depressed is that of rocks that are being worn away, little by little. We can picture a millstone slowly grinding them down. This explains the haggard and often sad expression on their faces.  How can someone who is depressed become interested in [...]

Would you believe that Francis of Assisi experienced depression during his life? The first time was around the age of 20, after he was taken prisoner and spent a year in a damp dungeon in a town not far from Assisi, after a deadly war. It was there, in Perugia, that he became very ill [...]

Thank you, Brother Francis Thank you, Brother Francis, for all that you help me to understand through your life, your writings, your spiritual experience. You teach me how to walk in the footsteps of the Son of God. You teach me, Francis, to live before God, with my labour, my weakness and my sin. You [...]