I didn’t notice that the picture of the Holy Card was crooked in the original article or I would have tried to straighten it out.
Sigh......
The prayer of St. Francis is my favorite. I discovered it in my mother’s Bible a year or so after her passing in 1998. She had typed it out on a 3X5 card and used it as her bookmarker.
We lived in Assisi for 2 1/2 months in 2008. It is a beautiful village. We visited San Damiano. Of all the churches and cathedrals we visited while in Italy (which was a lot!) this little church was the most spiritual.
Two years ago today, some of Mother Angelica’s nuns arrived in San Antonio to found a new Monastery. They are a blessing and inspiration.
A wonderful movie about the two of them is “Brother Sun, Sister Moon.” It is very beautifully filmed and you will fall in love with that area in Italy. The actress who plays Clare is beautiful and does a wonderful job of portraying her moment of decision. It is moving.
Today is also the unofficial feast of St. Philomena, Powerful with God.
St. Francis was my childhood favorite because he loved the animals. His is the only statue I have in my garden.