{"id":351,"date":"2012-10-04T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T10:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2012\/10\/saint-francis-the-poor.html"},"modified":"2016-03-25T19:54:48","modified_gmt":"2016-03-26T00:54:48","slug":"saint-francis-the-poor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2012\/10\/saint-francis-the-poor.html","title":{"rendered":"Saint Francis the Poor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

When reflecting on today\u2019s first reading from Job and today\u2019s feast of Saint Francis, I had a realization: We oftentimes feel sorry for Job losing all his possessions, yet Francis chose the life of Job willingly. \u00a0Job had no choice in losing everything he had, but Francis in contrast gave up everything he had in order to become more like Christ who was\u00a0poor.<\/p>\n

This dramatic renunciation of wordly goods by Francis is seen concretely in his meeting with\u00a0the bishop of Assisi in 1206.\u00a0 Francis\u2019 father, after having locked up Francis at home,\u00a0took his son to the Bishop of Assisi hoping the bishop would reason with him.\u00a0 To\u00a0the father\u2019s chagrin, a contemporary account of Francis\u2019 life records:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he had been led before the bishop, Francis neither delayed nor explained himself, but simply stripped off his clothes and threw them aside, giving them back to his father.\u00a0 He\u00a0did not even keep his trousers, but stood there in front of everyone completely naked.\u00a0 The bishop, sensing his intention and admiring his constancy, rose and wrapped his arms around Francis, covering him with his own robe.\u00a0 He saw clearly that Francis was divinely inspired and that his action contained a mystery.\u00a0 Thus he became Francis\u2019 helper, cherishing and comforting him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Saint Francis desired to live as a beggar trusting entirely in God\u2019s providence and mercy.\u00a0 He longed to strip away the distractions of power and wealth which he found in certain areas of the church.\u00a0 The way of life of Francis and his followers did not fit into any contemporary structures of the Church, so Pope Innocent III (at first reluctantly), recognized them as a new type of religious order.\u00a0 Rather than living in wealthy and scholarly monasteries like Benedictines, the followers of Francis would roam the streets begging at the service of the poor.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It is said that before dying on October 3rd, 1228, Francis asked to be buried on the hillside of Assisi where thieves and wrong-doers had been buried.\u00a0 He wished to be among thieves as Christ had died among thieves.\u00a0 Later than same year however the hill where he was buried began to be transformed into the magnificent Basilica of Saint Francis which still contains today the remains of the saint and his first faithful disciples.<\/p>\n

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Let us Pray.<\/p>\n

O God, by whose gift Saint Francis
\nwas conformed to Christ in poverty and humility,
\ngrant that, by walking in Francis\u2019 footsteps,
\nwe may follow your Son,
\nand, through joyful charity,
\ncome to be united with you.<\/p>\n

Amen.<\/p>\n

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