I Have Come From Your Cell

A crevice in the rocks where St. Francis sometimes slept

One day, when Francis had left his cell, one of the friars went to look at it, and afterwards came to the place blessed Francis was. Seeing him, the holy Father said to him, "Where have you come from, brother?" "I have come from your cell," he replied. Then blessed Francis said, "Because you have called it mine, someone else shall use it henceforth, and not I," because of the saying, Foxes have holes, and the birds of the air their resting-places; the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.

Saint Francis of Assisi
Mirror of Perfection - 9

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