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Stigmata of St Francis — Bartolomeo Della Gatta, c. 1487 Ave Maria! Blessed Solemnity of our Seraphic Father St Francis, the Poor Man of Assisi! Articles: The real St. Francis of Assisi was not a garden gnome…Garden gnomes do not bear the Stigmata of Christ’s wounds. A fresh look at a familiar saint: Francis of Assisi…the saint emerges as a much more complex and complicated man than previously believed, tormented by interior demons, nearly overwhelmed by the challenges of governing a religious movement and troubled by self-doubt, yet still a shining figure of the transforming power of an encounter with the living Christ. Pax et bonum!

Stigmata of St Francis — Bartolomeo Della Gatta, c. 1487

Ave Maria!

Blessed Solemnity of our Seraphic Father St Francis, the Poor Man of Assisi!

Articles:

The real St. Francis of Assisi was not a garden gnome…
Garden gnomes do not bear the Stigmata of Christ’s wounds.

A fresh look at a familiar saint: Francis of Assisi
…the saint emerges as a much more complex and complicated man than previously believed, tormented by interior demons, nearly overwhelmed by the challenges of governing a religious movement and troubled by self-doubt, yet still a shining figure of the transforming power of an encounter with the living Christ.

Pax et bonum!

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