The Sharing In The Sufferings And Bitterness Which Christ Endured

The Grotto and Bed where Francis slept

Every day Francis meditated on the humility and example of the Son of God; he experienced much compassion and much sweetness from this, and in the end, what was bitter to his body had changed to sweetness. The sufferings and bitterness which Christ endured for us were a constant subject of affliction to him and a cause for interior and exterior mortification; consequently, he was totally unconcerned with his own sufferings.

Saint Francis of Assisi
Legend of Perugia - 37

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