From Riches to Rags: St. Francis of Assisi

Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens · Sep 23, 2025 · 4m

READ: COLOSSIANS 3:1-3, 16-17 Few Christians throughout history have taken Jesus’s call to drop everything and follow Him as literally as St. Francis of Assisi. His faithful service to God was so influential that his way of living is still followed by one order of monks, the Franciscans, almost 800 years after his death. St. Francis was born in Italy around 1181 AD. The son of a wealthy merchant, Francis did not know God as a teen. He threw wild parties and dreamed of becoming a famous, wealthy knight. But, in his very first war, he was taken captive and was imprisoned for a year—where he…