St. Francis reproved his brothers when they were too harsh on themselves, wearing out their strength in excessive vigils, fasts, and corporal penance. Some of them mortified their bodies so severely in order to repress all the natural human impulses that they appeared to be hating themselves. Francis being filled with the wisdom and grace of our Savior, reproached the brothers gently for all the and, using rational arguments, he forbade such excess, binding up their wounds with the bandages of sane precepts and directions.
Saint Francis of Assisi
Legend of the Three Companions - 58
Friday, November 28, 2008
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