The gardener at the monastary of St Francis in Assissi was showing a fellow Franciscan Brother around. The brother complemented the gardener on his beautiful garden but wanted to know why there was a large patch that was covered in dandelions, buttercups, stinging nettles and other weeds. The gardener explained that as all things are our brothers and sisters, so are those different plants that we call weeds, our sisters and brothers, and it is only right that they should be given a place to grow and flourish like the rest of us.

LTS