…consequence, that type of vision which changes the life of the person for the better, which takes the individual as it took St. Francis of Assisi out of the life of dissipation and intemperance and sanctified him to the best that he knew in the way of…

…the individual achieves the means of final attainment of universality. He does it not by his wisdom, but by his, as St. Francis of Assisi expressed it, through this absolute passion for God. Now, in a strange way, the terms probably are not so good. I…

…consecration of bread of the setting aside and the blessing of food for the nutriment of man and even of these Later, St. Francis of Assisi blessed the food of the cattle. And there is much evidence that in very early times, the blessing of the harvest,…

…reaction to the circumstances of our environment. Conscience is therefore to be found behind nearly everything from Adolf Hitler to St. Francis of Assisi. It is always what we believe, what we think, what we feel we should do under a certain condition.…

…animals in the concept of the universal plan of things. Occasionally a Western mystic has done the same. We remember how St. Francis of Assisi preached to the birds. and we know that at certain rituals of the year in the church animals are given special…