St. Francis embraced poverty, not because he despised creation, but because he wanted to receive it with open hands. He knew that to love creation rightly, we must see it as gift, not possession.

Sainthood didn’t stop with medieval martyrs or ancient apostles. It’s not frozen in stained glass or buried in church history books. God is still raising up saints right now. There are ordinary people doing extraordinary things through faith. Some lived just decades ago, and some walked through airports we walk through.

We generally think of rest as optional. Lazy, even. Something we’ll “earn” after we finish all the important things. But Scripture tells a different story. Rest isn’t something you tack on after you’ve checked every box—it’s something God Himself models. It's literally part of the first story in the Bible, that's how important rest is.