The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi

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ISBN: 9780375700200 | 037570020X
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Copyright: 3/24/1998

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With a new Preface by the noted writer Madeleine L'Engle, author of nearly fifty books of fiction and non-fiction, includingA Wrinkle in Time. St. Francis of Assisi's ecstatic embrace of a life of poverty revolutionized Christianity even as it transformed the ethics of the West. In this luminous and lively book, St. Francis's followers preserved his legend and those of his first disciples, combining stories of miracles with convincing portraits of men who were no less human for having been touched by God. "God is our home but many of us have strayed from our native land. The venerable authors of these Spiritual Classics are expert guides--may we follow their directions home." --Archbishop Desmond Tutu

ABOUT THE VINTAGE SPIRITUAL CLASSICS

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PREFACE TO THE VINTAGE SPIRITUAL CLASSICS EDITION

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Madeleine L'Engle

INTRODUCTION

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A.G. Ferrers Howell

CHRONOLOGY OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI

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1. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ the Crucified, and of His Mother the Virgin Mary. In this book are contained certain Little Flowers, miracles and devout examples of the glorious mendicant of Christ, St. Francis, and of certain of his Holy Companions, to the praise of Jesus Christ. Amen

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2. Of Friar Bernard of Quintavalle, first companion of St. Francis

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3. How for an evil thought which St. Francis had against Friar Bernard, he commanded the said Friar Bernard to tread with his feet three times upon Francis's throat and upon his mouth

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4. How the Angel of God proposed a question to Friar Elias, Guardian of a Place of Val di Spoleto, and because Friar Elias answered him proudly, departed and went on his way to St. James, where he found Friar Bernard and told him this story

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5. How the Holy Friar Bernard of Assisi was sent by St. Francis to Bologna, and there founded a monastery

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6. How St. Francis blessed the holy Friar Bernard, and left him as his vicar, when he came to pass from this life

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7. How St. Francis passed a Lent on an island of the lake of Perugia, where he fasted forty days and forty nights and ate no more than one half loaf

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8. How, while they were on a journey together, St. Francis expounded to Friar Leo those things which are perfect joy

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9. How St. Francis taught Friar Leo to answer and how he was never able to speak except to say the opposite of what St. Francis desired

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10. How Friar Masseo, as if in jest, said to St. Francis that all the world followed after him, and he replied that that fact was to the confusion of the world and grace of God

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11. How St. Francis made Friar Masseo turn round and round many times, and afterward sent him to Siena

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12. How St. Francis laid upon Friar Masseo the service of the gate, of almsgiving and of the kitchen, and then, at the prayer of the other friars, relieved him of them

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13. How St. Francis and Friar Masseo placed the bread which they had begged upon a stone hard by a fountain, and St. Francis praised Poverty much. Thereafter, he prayed God and St. Peter and St. Paul, that He would cause him to be enamored of holy Poverty; and how St. Peter and St. Paul appeared to him

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14. How, while St. Francis and his friars spoke of God, He appeared in the midst of them

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15. How St. Clare ate with St. Francis and with the friars, his companions, in Santa Maria degli Angeli

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16. How St. Francis received the counsel of St. Clare, and of the holy Friar Sylvester, that he ought by preaching to convert many people; and how he founded the Third Order and preached to the birds and made the swallows keep silence

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17. How a boy friar, while St. Francis was praying by night, saw Christ and the Virgin Mary and a great many other saints hold converse with him

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18. Of the marvelous chapter which St. Francis held at Santa Maria degli Angeli, where there were more than five thousand friars

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19. How from the vineyard of the priest of Rieti, in whose house St. Francis prayed, the grapes were taken away and gathered by the many people who came unto him, and how afterward that priest miraculously made more wine than ever before, even as St. Francis had promised him. And how God revealed to St. Francis that he would have Paradise for his portion

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20. Of a most beautiful vision seen by a young friar, who held the cowl in such great contempt that he was of a mind to put off the habit and leave the Order

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21. Of the most holy miracle which St. Francis wrought when he converted the fierce wolf of Gubbio

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22. How St. Francis tamed the wild turtledoves

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23. How St. Francis set free the friar who was in sin with the demon

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24. How St. Francis converted the Sultan of Babylon to the faith

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25. How St. Francis miraculously healed one who was a leper both in soul and body; and what the soul said to him as it went to heaven

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26. How St. Francis converted three robbers who were murderers, and how they became friars; and of the noble vision which one of them, who was a most holy friar, saw

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27. How St. Francis converted at Bologna two scholars, who became friars; and afterward delivered one of them from a great temptation

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28. Of an ecstasy that came to Friar Bernard and in which he remained from morning until nones without coming to himself

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29. How the devil in the form of Christ Crucified appeared many times to Friar Ruffino, telling him that he was losing the benefit of the good that he did because he was not among those elected to eternal life. St. Francis knew of this by revelation from God and made Friar Ruffino understand the error he had believed in

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30. Of the beautiful sermon St. Francis and Friar Ruffino preached in Assisi, when they preached naked

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31. How St. Francis knew, in their order, the secrets of the hearts of all his friars

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32. How Friar Masseo obtained from Christ the virtue of humility

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33. How St. Clare, at the bidding of the Pope, blessed the bread that was on the table, whereby the sign of the holy Cross appeared on every loaf

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34. How St. Louis, the King of France, in the garb of a pilgrim, went in person to Perugia to visit the holy Friar Giles

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35. How, on Christmas Eve, St. Clare being sick was miraculously carried to the Church of St. Francis and there heard the Office

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36. How St. Francis expounded to Friar Leo a beautiful vision he had seen

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37. How Jesus Christ the Blessed, at the prayer of St. Francis, caused a rich man to be converted and to become a friar, who had shown great honor and liberality to St. Francis

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38. How St. Francis knew in spirit that Friar Elias was damned and would die out of the Order; and how, at the entreaty of Friar Elias, he prayed to Christ for him, and was heard

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39. Of the marvelous sermon St. Anthony of Padua, a minor friar, preached in the Consistory

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40. Of the miracle God wrought, when St. Anthony was at Rimini and preached to the fishes of the sea

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41. How the venerable Friar Simon delivered from a great temptation a friar who, because of it, was of a mind to depart out of the Order

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42. Of beautiful miracles God wrought through the holy Friars Bentivoglia, Peter of Monticello, and Conrad of Offida; how Friar Bentivoglia carried a leper fifteen miles in a very short time; and how to the other St. Michael spoke; and to the third the Virgin Mary came and placed Her Son in his arms

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43. How Friar Conrad of Offida converted a young friar who annoyed the other friars. And how the young friar, after his death, appeared to Friar Conrad, beseeching him to pray for him; and how by his prayer delivered him from the grievous pains of Purgatory

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44. How the Mother of Christ and St. John the Evangelist appeared to Friar Conrad, and told him which of them suffered greater grief for the Passion of Christ

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45. Of the conversion, life, miracles, and death of the holy Friar John of Penna

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46. How Friar Pacificus, while he was praying, beheld the soul of Friar Humilis, his brother, going up to heaven

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47. Of that holy friar to whom the Mother of Christ appeared when he was sick and brought him three boxes of medicine

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48. How Friar James of Massa saw in a vision of a tree all the minor friars of the world; and how he knew the virtue and the merits and the faults of each of them

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49. How Christ appeared to Friar John of Alvernia

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50. How, as he said Mass on the Day of the Dead, Friar John of Alvernia saw many souls liberated from Purgatory

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51. Of the holy Friar James of Fallerone; and how after his death he appeared to Friar John of Alvernia

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52. Of the vision of Friar John of Alvernia whereby he understood all the order of the Holy Trinity

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53. How, while he was saying Mass, Friar John of Alvernia fell down as if he were dead

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The Canticle of the Sun

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SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING

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