As a result of a life worshiping His Lord, Saint Francis ended up praising the Lord’s creation: our entire world. He specially loved every living creature, for them he wrote its “Canticle of the creatures”. This beautiful prayer is known by several names, it was written in Umbrian language, and it’s one of the most […]
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Franciscan Gallery – IF GOD CAN WORK THROUGH ME
After years of hostilities, Assisi managed to organize a small army, including chivalry from Spoletto. A young, brave and elegant Francesco Bernardone charged out of Assisi to battle against his neighbouring Italian town of Perugia. On November of 1202 they were ready to face Perugia’s army, but as they failed in the battle, Assisi was […]
Franciscan Gallery – FRANCISCAN CUSTODY OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE IV
IV. Finding Christ, dead and risen, in the Holy Sepulchre The work of the Franciscans in the Holy Land and, especially, in the Holy Sepulchre, in addition to preserving the property and use of the Basilica, has been to celebrate Christian worship in the Sanctuaries, to give a biblical-archaeological foundation to the Holy Places through […]
Franciscan Gallery – FRANCISCAN CUSTODY OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE III
III. Holy Sepulchre and Liturgy In addition to the Liturgy, the Franciscans have created other popular pious activities: the daily procession at the Holy Sepulchre, the Stations of the Cross through the streets of Jerusalem, pilgrimages to the Shrines of the Holy Land. The Stations of the Cross through the streets of Jerusalem, held every […]
Franciscan Gallery – FRANCISCAN CUSTODY OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE II
II Custody of the Holy Sepulchre John Paul II, remembering the 650th anniversary of the Bull Gratias agimus, by which Pope Clement VI entrusted the custody of the Places that remember the mysteries of the Redemption, to the followers of Saint Francis, who had already been there since the times of his Founder and Father, […]