Guided by St. Francis & Scripture

Father Wattson reads about the life of St. Francis of Assisi, and opens the books of the Gospel at random to find a name for the preaching order he sought to establish. His first turn of the pages leads to John 7:37-39 and this reveals to him the power of a preaching order and the joy of religious life; on his second turn his eyes fall upon Romans 5:11:

And not only so, but we also joy in God, through Our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

At that moment he realized his Society’s vocation, At-One-Ment with God of all redeemed through unity.