We, Wretched Creatures, Enjoy So Many Luxuries!

Photo of Original Tunic worn by St. Francis found in Assisi

When the Lord Bishop of Ostia, who later became Pope Gregory IX, attended the Chapter of the Friars at Saint Mary of the Portiuncula, he entered the house with many knights and clergy to see the friars' dormitory. And seeing how the friars lay on the ground and had nothing beneath them but a little straw, and a few broken-down pallets, and no pillows, he began to weep freely before them all, saying, 'Look how the friars sleep here! But we, wretched creatures, enjoy so many luxuries! What will become of us?'

Saint Francis of Assisi
Mirror of Perfection - 21


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