The Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi: With Eight Illustrations (Classic Reprint) - Paperback

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Thereupon St Francis, believing that Bernard was really asleep, immediately rose from the bed and betook himself to prayer; and raising his eyes and his hands to hea ven with the greatest devotion and fervour, he said, My God, my God So saying, and shedding many tears, he remained until morning, continually repeating My God, my God! And nothing more. And this he said, contemplating and admiring. The ex cellency of the Divine Majesty, which deigned to st00p down to the world that was perishing, and to provide a remedy for the salvation of his soul, and through him - His poor little Francis - for the salvation of the souls of others. Then, illumined by the Holy Ghost with the spirit of prophecy to foresee the great things that God designed to do through him and through his order, and con sidering his own insufiiciency and how little virtue was in himself, he called upon God, and besought Him that through His good ness and omnipotence He would supply help and perfect that which human frailty could not do of itself.

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