19th February - Saint Conrad of Piacenza
It is best to learn to silence the faculties and to cause them to be still, so that God may speak - Saint John of the Cross
Francis of Assisi was drawn both to contemplation and to a life of preaching; periods of intense prayer nourished his preaching. Some of his early followers, however, felt called to a life of greater contemplation, and he accepted that. Though Conrad of Piacenza is not the norm in the Church, he and other contemplatives remind us of the greatness of God and of the joys of heaven. (Franciscan Media)
