Today is the memorial of St. Elizabeth of Hungary. Born a princess of Hungary in 1207, she was married at age 14 to Louis IV and bore three children before her husband’s death. As a widow, she embraced voluntary poverty and built a hospital in which she tended to the poor. She died in 1231 at the age of 24 years. She is a patroness of the Secular Franciscan Order.
So congratulations secular Franciscans! Especially to my friend Mike…
A diaconal blessing on all of you.
