Most high, omnipotent, good Lord, grant unto thy people grace to renounce gladly the vanities of this world; that, following the way of blessed Francis, we may for love of thee delight in thy whole creation with perfectness of joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Today is the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan Orders, patron of animals, the environment, ecology and Italy. He was born into nobility but abandoned everything to follow Christ. He became the first person to suffer the wounds of stigmata. pic.twitter.com/3xt40Ycccv
— CatholicNewsIreland (@CathNewsIreland) October 4, 2018