"Listen" And "Silent" Are Spelled With The Same Letters

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(Photo taken at the Portiuncula Hermitage in Jerusalem, Ohio)

At certain times the blessed and venerable father Francis left behind the crowds of the world that were coming together daily with the greatest devotion to hear and see him, and he sought out a quiet and secret place of solitude, desiring to spend his time with God and to cleanse himself of any dust that may have clung to him for his association with men.

Saint Francis of Assisi
Celano, First Life
CHAPTER I

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