“Oh Lord, I beseech you that the fiery, honey-sweet force of your love might absorb my spirit, drawing it away from everything that lies beneath the sky, so that I might die of love for your love, who for love of my love deigned to die.”
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Saint Francis of Assisi (1182-1226). Mendicant Preacher. Patron saint of animals and the environment. Founder of the Franciscan Order (Friars Minor).
