Today is the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi. Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to visit Assisi and see the sites where St. Francis of Assisi began the Franciscan order. While it was a joy to be in Assisi and walk where Francis had walked hundreds of years earlier, I was thankful to be able to learn more about the faith of St. Francis. It is this faith, which propelled his actions, which so greatly impacts on our faith.

Who do you trust?  It is more than an old game show, it is an important question we wrestle with.   We are in the middle of an election campaign.  Politicians do constant polling to try to appeal to the electorate.  Both major political parties have taken their research of the electorate, and are promising people basically what they think they want.  One of the issues voters wonder about is who will deliver on their promises.  “Trust me! You can’t trust him or her!”  Inevitably I hear all this incessant political chatter against the background of the Gospel.