Hoe ik in de ban raakte van Franciscus van Assisi
Na haar 5-delige blogreeks over hoe ze tot geloof kwam, vertelt Babs Mertens verder over ontmoetingen die haar inspireren. In Assisi, bijvoorbeeld. Soms kruisen wegen onverwacht weer. Franciscus van Assisi liep ik voor het eerst tegen het lijf in de Roosenbergabdij in Waasmunster. Het was een ontmoeting die raakte, een levensverhaal waarvan sommige fragmenten me aangrepen door hun kwetsbare eenvoud. Zijn verhaal bleef nazinderen en bracht me twee jaar geleden tot in Assisi. H
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