Category: Biographies
You will not be likely to find Assisi marked on any ordinary map of Italy. It is far too unimportant a place for that. That is to say, geographically unimportant. Assisi lies half-way up the Apennines. The houses, which are built of a curious kind of rosy-tinted stone, press s...
"Sin can never taint thee now, Nor doubt thy faith assail, Nor thy meek trust in Jesus Christ And the Holy Spirit fail; And there thou'rt sure to meet the good, Whom on earth th...
12. CHAPTER XII.It is rather a pity that there have not been more detailed accounts handed down to us of the converts who could point to Francis as their spiritual father. It would have given u...
14. CHAPTER XIV."They are gone where Love is frozen, and Faith grown calm and cold, Where the world is all triumphant, and the sheep have left the fold, Where His children scorn His blessings,...
11. CHAPTER XI.The temptation to seek a life of quiet and retirement followed Francis all his days. Invariably, after any new departure or special victory he was attacked in that quarter. Why...
7. CHAPTER VII.We have seen Francis as a young man, gay, careless, pleasure loving, kind-hearted, a leader at every feast and revel, known to his companions as a thorough good fellow. We have...
15. CHAPTER XV.Francis and his companion Illuminato set out for Egypt with the intention of making straight for the Sultan. They travelled with one of the Crusading parties, which, by a curiou...
16. CHAPTER XVI.The idea of this Third Order had been in Francis' mind for a long time; in fact, as far back as his first journey to Rome, when the entire brotherhood numbered twelve! On his wa...
17. CHAPTER XVII.It seems a rather strange turn of events that put Elias in the place of the gentle, devout, Peter Cantani. No one could doubt Elias' efficiency. That was beyond all question, bu...
5. CHAPTER V."Oh, my Lord, the Crucified, Who for love of me hast died, Mould me by Thy living breath, To the likeness of Thy death, While the thorns Thy brows entwine, Let no flower wreath...
6. CHAPTER VI.'Then forth they went.... Content for evermore to follow him. In weariness, In painfulness, in perils by the way, Through awful vigils in the wilderness, Through storms of troub...
9. CHAPTER IX."Would you know, oh world, these Warriors; Go where the poor, the old, Ask for pardon and for heaven, and you offer food and gold; With healing and with comfort, with words of p...
13. Chapter XIII."God the Father, give us grace To walk in the light of Jesu's Face. God the Son, give us a part, In the hiding place of Jesu's Heart. God the Spirit, so hold us up, That we may...
4. CHAPTER IV.Pietro was not avaricious. He cared nothing for the money as money. His plan now was to cut off all supplies, and when his son, who had always been accustomed to the daintiest a...
8. CHAPTER VIII."Thou whose bright faith makes feeble hearts grow stronger, And sends fresh warriors to the great campaign, Bids the lone convert feel estranged no longer, And wins the sundered...
3. CHAPTER III."Thou must walk on, however man upbraid thee, With Him who trod the winepress all alone: Thou may'st not find one human hand to aid thee, One human soul to comprehend thy own."
2. CHAPTER II."In this easy, painless life, Free from struggle, care, and strife, Ever on my doubting breast, Lies the shadow of unrest; This no path that Jesus trod-- Can the smooth way lead...
10. CHAPTER X.One of the most interested listeners in the Cathedral, the day that Francis preached his first sermon there, was a little girl of sixteen. Her name was Clara Scifi, and she was...
1. CHAPTER I.You will not be likely to find Assisi marked on any ordinary map of Italy. It is far too unimportant a place for that. That is to say, geographically unimportant. Assisi lies ha...