Being Ashamed To Appear In Public

Statue of St. Francis just outside of Assisi at Monte Subasio

Blessed Francis used to say, 'The time is coming when this Order, so dear to God, will be brought into such disrepute by the bad example of evil friars that its members will be ashamed to appear in public. But those who come to receive the habit of the Order in those days will be guided solely by the workings of the Holy Spirit: flesh and blood will not contaminate them, and they will be truly blessed by God.'

Saint Francis of Assisi
Mirror of Perfection - 70

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