The Almond Tree Speaks, Fr. Murray Bodo, OFMMurray Bodo has woven The Almond Tree Speaks with material from his previous books including Sing Pilgrimage and Exile, Walk in Beauty, Letters From Pleasant Street and Jesus, A Disciple's Search. He has collected images from his childhood in the New Mexico desert, his lifelong love of Francis of Assisi, his experiences as a Franciscan among the urban poor and his identity as a committed disciple of Jesus...