Flowers from the Garden of Saint Francis for Every Day of the Year

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These 365 ethical chastises of Saint Francis of Assisi and other noteworthy Franciscans are enclosed in this book to where the gatherer of this selections proposes that Francis “was inspired by God, six hundred years ago, to rekindle in His Church the spirit of humility, simplicity, poverty, detachment from the world, and ardent love of our crucified Redeemer.” In actual fact, these chastises demonstrate a wide interest for the sophistication of one’s own sincerity, gentleness, purity, and repentance for sin.

Saint Francis of Assisi, in Italian: San Francesco d’Assisi, born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, improperly called as Francesco, was an Italian Roman Catholic friar, deacon and preacher. He established the male’s Order of Friars Minor, the female’s Order of Saint Clare, the Third Order of Saint Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land. Francis is listed as the most respected spiritual notables up to the present time.

Pope Gregory IX canonized Francis on 16 July 1228. Together with Saint Catherine of Siena, he was chosen Patron saint of Italy. He associated himself with the benefaction of animals and the natural world, and it turned into traditional for Catholic and Anglican churches to convene rites of animal blessing on his feast day of 4 October. He is frequently commemorated as the patron saint of animals.

The next year, he traveled to Egypt in an effort to convert the Sultans to end up the war of the Crusades. At that time, the Franciscan Order had developed to the point that its primeval organizational institution was no more appropriate. He went back to Italy to prepare the Order. Once his society was sanctioned by the Pope, he declined even more from all other concerns. Francis is also recognized for his passion and love of the Eucharist.
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