Shelter Under A Rock Of The Mountain

(Photo taken at the Portiuncula Franciscan Hermitage and Retreat Center in Ozark, Ohio)

Francis said: "When the Lord withdrew into solitude to pray and fast for forty days and nights, he did not have a cell or a house built for himself but he took shelter under a rock of the mountain." That is why, following his example, he refused to have either a house or a cell on this earth and forbade that one be built for him.

Saint Francis of Assisi
Legend of Perugia - 13

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