Brother Sun

Brother Sun is a prayer and learning app about the spirituality of St. Francis of Assisi — built for daily prayer and for anyone who wants to know his life, his writings, and the wider Franciscan family better. DAILY PRAYER • 5 devotions with daily progress tracking: 4 novenas (St. Francis, St. Anthony of Padua, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, Bl. Jeremiah of Wallachia) and a 3-day triduum to St. Clare • The prayers and praises of St. Francis, plus prayers to St. Anthony of Padua • The Franciscan Way of the Cross (14 stations, in an easy accordion view) and the Transitus of St. Francis • Morning and evening prayers that rotate through the week, plus the Angelus • Optional daily reminders: morning thought, evening thought, novena day, Angelus, and major feast days FRANCISCAN LIBRARY • All the authentic writings of St. Francis — the Testament, the approved and unapproved Rule, the Admonitions, the Rule for Hermitages, the Praises for the Hours, the Office of the Passion, and several letters • The Franciscan Little Flowers: 50 stories faithfully translated from the Fioretti and the Mirror of Perfection • Writings of St. Clare, including her Testament, Blessing, and Rule • A glossary of Franciscan terms FRANCISCAN CALENDAR • 117 Franciscan saints and blesseds, with full biographies, plus 12 feast days of the Franciscan family • Quick search by name, order, or date KNOW-YOUR-SAINT QUIZ • 18 categories, 156 questions drawn from the Testament, the Rule, the Admonitions, the Little Flowers, and more AND MORE • Dark, sepia, and high-contrast reading modes, plus 4 text sizes • Daily streak, with a gentle Sunday recap • Search, copy, share, and PDF export for any text • Local backup and restore — no account, no cloud • The option to support the Franciscan Vocational Center The app is completely free, with no ads, no in-app purchases, and no user account — everything works offline, right on your phone.