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[[File:Giotto - Legend of St Francis - -15- - Sermon to the Birds.jpg|thumb|''Legend of St Francis, Sermon to the Birds'', Giotto (Upper Basilica, Assisi)]] | [[File:Giotto - Legend of St Francis - -15- - Sermon to the Birds.jpg|thumb|''Legend of St Francis, Sermon to the Birds'', Giotto (Upper Basilica, Assisi)]] | ||
The ascended master [[Kuthumi]] was embodied as '''Francis of Assisi''' (1182–1226), founder of the Franciscan order, the divine poverello, who renounced family and wealth and embraced “Lady Poverty,” living among the poor and the lepers, finding unspeakable joy in imitating the compassion of Christ. | The ascended master [[Kuthumi]] was embodied as '''Francis of Assisi''' (1182–1226), founder of the Franciscan order, the divine poverello, who renounced family and wealth and embraced “Lady Poverty,” living among the poor and the lepers, finding unspeakable joy in imitating the compassion of Christ. | ||
While kneeling at Mass on the feast of St. Matthias in 1209, he heard the gospel of Jesus read by the priest and the Lord’s command to his apostles, “Go, preach.” Francis left the little church and began evangelizing and converting many. Among them was the noble Lady Clare, who later left her home dressed as the bride of Christ and presented herself to Francis for admittance to the mendicant order. | |||
God revealed to Francis the divine Presence in “brother sun” and “sister moon” and rewarded his devotion with the [[stigmata]] of Christ crucified—the first saint known to receive them. The prayer of St. Francis is spoken by people of all faiths around the world: “Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace!...” | |||
One of the many legends surrounding the lives of Francis and Clare describes their meal at Santa Maria degli Angeli, where Francis spoke so lovingly of God that all were enraptured in Him. Suddenly the people of the village saw the convent and the woods ablaze. Running hastily to quench the flames, they beheld the little company enfolded in brilliant light with arms uplifted to heaven. | |||
== Saint Francis and the leper == | == Saint Francis and the leper == | ||