Francis was now dead to the world, but Christ was living in him. All the pleasures of the world were a cross to him, because he carried the cross of Christ rooted in his heart. And therefore the stigmata shown forth exteriorly in his flesh, because interiorly that deeply set root was sprouting forth from his mind.
Saint Francis of Assisi
Celano, Second Life
Chapter CLX
Saint Francis of Assisi
Celano, Second Life
Chapter CLX
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