A Priest's Vineyard Was Stipped Of Grapes

Blessed Francis was once staying with a poor priest at the church of Saint Fabian near Rieti...and because of their devotion to blessed Francis, the Lord Pope Honorius and many cardianls and other high clergy came to see him almost daily.

Now this church had a small vineyard adjoining the house where blessed Francis was lodged, and nearly all those who visited him passed through the vineyard to the door of the house. And because the grapes were ripe and the place very pleasant, the entire vineyard was stripped and despoiled of its grapes. So the priest began to feel indignant, saying, 'Although it is a small vineyard, I used to make sufficient wine from it for my needs, but this year I have lost the whole crop.'

When blessed Francis heard of this he sent for him, and said, 'Father, do not worry any more, for we cannot do anything about it now. But trust in the Lord, for He is able to repair your loss in full for the sake of me, His little servant...'(at its best, it could produce no more than thirteen measures of wine.)

So the priest kept silence and said no more; and at the time of the vintage he obtained no less than twenty measures of wine.

Saint Francis of Assisi
Mirror of Perfection - 103