Jon M. Sweeney

Author of many books: ‘Experiencing God,’ ‘The Complete Francis of Assisi,’ ‘The Pope Who Quit’ etc. Vermonter. Catholic married to a rabbi.

[Jon M. Sweeney @jonmsweeney]

This is how my new book on the religious experiences of Francis of Assisi begins. I hope you will ask your local public library to get one for you...

[Jon M. Sweeney @jonmsweeney]

Hey friends, come say hello to me at The Italian Heritage Society of Indiana next month. Here are the details -- I'll be there on July 19 talking about Francis of Assisi:

https://t.co/TkkJoI0Sky

[Dr Francis Young @DrFrancisYoung]

A c19th frontispiece to an edition of the Jesuit Józef Baka's poem 'Remarks on Inevitable Death' (Vilnius, 1766)

[Simon Beattie @simon_beattie]

I've been exploring the 1920s recently in my leisure reading. Absolutely tore through this one. Brilliant.

[weird medieval guys @WeirdMedieval]

they put me in the oven, france, ca. 1350

[Simon Beattie @simon_beattie]

There are two things I particularly love about Guillaume Marcel’s wildly popular vade-mecum for the armchair historian. First, the spine is at the bottom, not the side of the book. Second, you go through it in one direction, then turn it over and go back the other way.

[Jon M. Sweeney @jonmsweeney]

An interesting debut novel set in rural Colorado about whether, or not, and how to forgive. Here's my review.

https://t.co/JRnL3b9w9c

[Jon M. Sweeney @jonmsweeney]

The word “silly” comes from the Old English word for “blessed.”

[Robert Mickens @robinrome]

I am more Benedictine than Trappist. But in this case, I am absolutely Mertonian! 🍺☺️

[Jon M. Sweeney @jonmsweeney]

"I drink beer whenever I can lay my hands on any. I love beer, and by that very act, the world." ~ Thomas Merton

[🕊️ βrother λllen @SaintFrancisLib]

Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone (Saint Francis of Assisi; c.1181/2-October 3, 1226.) Patron Saint of animals, ecology, and Italy.

This charcoal tribute inspired by my friend and artist @StephenBWhatley from studies he made from life on his first visit to America in 2010. 🕊️βλ

[Jon M. Sweeney @jonmsweeney]

Thanks for the mention in today’s @journalsentinel @jhiggy! 🙏 I hope a few more people pick up a copy @boswellbooks.

[Jon M. Sweeney @jonmsweeney]

Try being more tender and laughing today.

[Rev Ali Miller SCP @Sacramentrix]

@scpeurope

SCP meeting today: Mass followed by a talk on Assisi and the life and spirituality of St Francis (we ran out of time for st Clare, tbc!).
Here’s the San Damiano cross, plus favourite words which I prayed before celebrating Mass for the first time 10 years ago.

[Jon M. Sweeney @jonmsweeney]

Living without a why - from "Meister Eckhart's Book of the Heart"🙏

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

There are many deeply concerning aspects of AI.

Pope Leo highlights one: “If technology becomes the ultimate criterion, the human person risks being reduced to data, a cog in a machine or a commodity.”

Bottom line: AI must benefit ALL of humanity, not just Big Tech oligarchs.

[Monkfish Book Publishing Company @MonkfishBookPub]

This is the book they’re recommending

[Jon M. Sweeney @jonmsweeney]

https://t.co/dE2r5PgqoF via @journalsentinel

"Former Milwaukeean Sweeney, who has often written about the saint that even many atheists love, suggests three dozen ways, some wildly surprising, to be a little more Franciscan.”

[Jon M. Sweeney @jonmsweeney]

For all who need to hear this today.

From ‘Meister Eckhart’s Book of Darkness and Light’

[Jon M. Sweeney @jonmsweeney]

I bought a book while I was there. It isn't a book that I was searching for. I sort of discovered it while looking around with curiosity.

Then I handed cash to a bookseller, and walked out the door with my purchase in hand.

[Jon M. Sweeney @jonmsweeney]

I’m going to a bookstore today.