Friday, August 28, 2015

St. Francis

St. Francis of Assisi is familiar to many as the patron saint of animals. The images and statues you find are of a robed man with a bird on his shoulder, and rabbits and deer near his feet, and a basket of grain or seeds nearby. We learned in school to sing a prayer he composed. I only remember the beginning of it, but perhaps that is enough.

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

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