‘Come Before Him with Joyful Song’
Francis loved to sing. It freed his spirit and turned the human voice, so often an organ of selfishness and sin, into an instrument of celebration.
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Francis and Anthony: Brothers in Alms
Anthony’s ascent to sainthood was even more meteoric than Francis’.
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The Canticle of the Creatures
The return to the Portiuncula was by way of Borgo San Sepolcro, Monte Casale, and Citta di Castello.
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God Provides the Balance
People walked days to hear me preach and in such numbers that I often spoke outdoors.
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Anthony: The Hammer of Heretics
Anthony traveled tirelessly in both northern Italy and southern France, choosing to enter the cities where the heretics were strongest.
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Love Pours Forth
When I once preached on the wedding feast at Cana, I suggested that the six stone jars had a moral interpretation: six ways to purify the soul.
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