Francis of Assisi

Name: The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi
Author: Francis of Assisi

The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi (1906)

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“The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi”, published in 1906, is a work by Francis of Assisi. It explores elements such as Canticle, obedience and custos.

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Francis of Assisi, The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi (1906)

“ This is another Rule; for this is a remembrance, a warning, and an exhortation and my Testament which I, little Brother Francis, make for you, my blessed brothers, in order that we may observe in a more Catholic way the Rule which we have promised to the Lord. And let the minister general and all the other ministers and custodes be bound by obedience not to add to these words or to take from them. And let them always have this writing with them beside the Rule. ”

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“ Praise be to Thee, my Lord, with all Thy creatures,
Especially to my worshipful brother sun,
The which lights up the day, and through him dost Thou brightness give;
And beautiful is he and radiant with splendor great ”

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“ Francis caused Brother Benedict of Prato to write down a blessing and some words of advice "in token of memory and benediction and testament." But surely from this narration we may not deduce the general proposition that St. Francis wrote "several testaments." The early Legends are silent except as to the one Testament here given, and all the passages which different writers quote "from the Testament" may be found in this one,—if we except two passages in M. Sabatier's edition of the Speculum Perfectionis. But it is not difficult to see that in both these places the Speculum is in error. ”

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“ I strictly enjoin by obedience [26] on all the brothers that, wherever they may be, they should not dare, either themselves or by means of some interposed person, [27] to ask any letter in the Roman curia either for a church [28] or for any other place, nor under pretext of preaching, nor on account of their bodily persecution; but, wherever they are not received let them flee to another land to do penance, with the blessing of God. ”

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Francis of Assisi, The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi (1906)

“ Francis composed, the only one that has come down to us, as far as is known, is the "Praises of the Creatures," or, as it is now more commonly called, "The Canticle of the Sun." Celano, who alludes to this laud, says of St. Francis that he was of the race of Ananias, Azarias and Misael, inviting all creatures with him to glorify Him who made them. [1] It is this side of St. Francis' thoughts which finds expression in the Canticle ”

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Francis of Assisi, The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi (1906)

“ Let those who know not [how to work] learn, not through desire to receive the price of labor but for the sake of example and to repel idleness. And when the price of labor is not given to us, let us have recourse to the table of the Lord, begging alms from door to door. ”

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Francis of Assisi, The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi (1906)

“ From the which no living man can flee.
Woe to them who die in mortal sin;
Blessed those who shall find themselves in Thy most holy will,
For the second death shall do them no ill.
Praise ye and bless ye my Lord, and give Him thanks,
And be subject unto Him with great humility.
↑ See 2 Cel. 3, 138–139, and 1 Cel. 80. ↑ See Cherancé, Life of St. Francis, p. 260. ↑ See on this head Ozanam, Les Poètes Franciscains, p. 82, and Arnold, Essays on Criticism, pp. 243–248. Mr. Arnold's translation of the Canticle is well known. ”

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Francis of Assisi, The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi (1906)

“ The text of the Canticle here translated is that of the Assisi MS. 338 (fol. 33) , from which the version given in the Conformities (pars. 2, fol. ii) [10] differs only by some unimportant variants. The following is an attempt to render literally into English the naïf rhythm of the original Italian, which necessarily disappears in any formal rhymed translation:
HERE BEGIN THE PRAISES OF THE CREATURES WHICH THE BLESSED FRANCIS MADE TO THE PRAISE AND HONOR OF GOD WHILE HE WAS ILL AT ST. DAMIAN'S:
Most high, omnipotent, good Lord,
Praise, glory and honor and benediction all, are Thine. ”

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Francis of Assisi, The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi (1906)

“ Panfilo da Magliano, O.F.M., in his Storia Compendiosa, also by M. Sabatier in his Vie de S. François and later in his Speculum, pp. 334–35. ↑ Professor Boehmer published the text of the Maz. MS, 1350 in his Sonnengesang v. Fr. ”

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Francis of Assisi, The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi (1906)

“ III Soc. 29, for reference to this passage. ↑ Cod. O. reads: eramus "we were content." ↑ Cod. As. omits qui volebant, "by those who wished." ↑ Firm. and Wadd. add: "poor and neglected churches." ↑ See Bonav. Leg. Maj., III, 2. ↑ Cod. As. omits "other things," and O. omits "all other things." ↑ See Documenta antiqua Franciscana, P. I, page 98, n. 15, where this passage is cited among the Verba quae scripsit Frater Leo. ”

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