Prayer of St. Francis
by Terry Davis
Title
Prayer of St. Francis
Artist
Terry Davis
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art, Photo Painting, Photography
Description
The Prayer of St. Francis is one of the best known and best loved prayers in the world today. Attributed traditionally to St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226), its actual origins are much more recent. Nonetheless it beautifully reflects his devotion to God!
Although he came from a wealthy family, St. Francis developed a burning desire as a young man to emulate Jesus in his love of charity and voluntary poverty. He went so far at one point as to sell his horse, and cloth from his father’s store, to help pay for the rebuilding of a church!
After renouncing his wealth, St. Francis founded one of the most famous religious orders, the Franciscans. The Franciscans lived an austere life of poverty in service to others following Jesus’s example, and preached the Gospel message all over Italy and other parts of Europe.
St. Francis’s humility was such that he never became a priest. Coming from someone whose order attracted thousands of people within its first ten years, this is modesty indeed!
Fittingly, St. Francis is the patron of Catholic Action, as well as of animals, the environment, and his native Italy. We see his legacy in the wonderful charitable work the Franciscans do all over the world today.
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September 19th, 2019
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