there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there ispovertyand joy, there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.”― Saint Francis of Assisi
My dear brethren, if we only knew, when we are visited by poverty, sickness, humiliations, crosses, and trials, how well God means with us in depriving us of the goods we desire, which are in reality a deadly poison for our souls, as many have found to their cost, instead of compla...
Saint Clare of Assisi, a stunning Italian noblewoman, was profoundly influenced by the teachings of St. Francis of Assisi. After hearing him preach, she was overwhelmed with a fervent desire to lead a life of poverty and humility, just as Francis did, to dedicate herself wholly to Jesus. A...
Francis. He is accompanied above by the three angels of Monastic vows, Chastity (with lily), Obedience (with yoke) and Poverty (in patches), while under his feet he crushes the vices of Vanity/Lust, Vainglory, and Greed. This painting is heretical, by the way, since it’s totally not...
Saint Francis of Assisi was the founder of the Franciscan orders of the Friars Minor, the women’s Order of St. Clare (with St. Clare of Assisi(, and the lay Third Order. He was a leader of the movement of evangelical poverty in the early 13th century an
Affiliatedwith them were the Franciscan nuns, whose order was founded atAssisiin 1212 bySt. Clare, who was under the guidance of St. Francis. Clare and her followers were lodged by Francis in the church of San Damiano, where they lived a severe life of total poverty. They later became kn...
equal to their own; the preachers must tramp the roads barefoot and in poverty. This was the birth of Dominic’s “evangelical preaching.” An important part of his campaign was the establishment of a convent of nuns at Prouille, formed in 1206 from a group of womenconvertedfrom the ...