The Humility of God: A Franciscan Perspective

Religion throughout its history has been used to justify dominance and rightness, a narrative that sadly continues today. St. Francis of Assisi, however, fell in love with a Christ who cultivated humility and connection rather than power and division. This Christ of humility and poverty--depicted by Ilia Delio, OSF, in this Franciscan classic--invites us to contemplate a theology that can heal the separation within ourselves and our divided world today.

Ilia Delio, OSF, a Franciscan Sister of Washington, DC, is Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology, Villanova University, and founder of the Center for Christogenesis. She is the author of Franciscan Prayer, Compassion, and Crucified Love. (Franciscan Media