 Professional
artist, Mark Sanislo, painted
the Oil Portrait of St. Francis of Assisi .
Francis was reverently in love with all natural phenomena—sun, moon,
air, water, fire, flowers; his quick warm sympathies responded to all
that lived. His tenderness for and his power over animals were noted
again and again.
From his companions we have the story of his rebuke to
the noisy swallows who were disturbing his preaching at Alviano:
"Little sister swallows, it is now my turn to speak; you have been
talking enough all this time."
We hear also of the birds that perched
attentively around when he told them to sing their Creator's praises,
of the rabbit that would not leave him at Lake Trasymene, and of the
tamed wolf of Gubbio—all incidents that have inspired innumerable
artists and story tellers.
Listen
Now to a one minute Real Audio clip by Diane Travis of
EWTN about St. Francis
Excerpts from Eternal
Word Television Network [EWTN] on Saint Francis of Assisi
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