The complete collection of writings by the beloved St Francis of Assisi, including The Canticle Of The Sun.
From the Introduction to “The Writings of St Francis of Assisi”
“To say that the writings of St. Francis reflect his personality and his spirit is but another way
of saying that they are at once formidably mystic and exquisitely human; that they combine
great elevation of thought with much picturesqueness of expression.... St. Francis had the
soul of an ascetic and the heart of a poet. His unbounded faith had an almost lyric sweetness
about it; his deep sense of the spiritual is often clothed with the character of romance.
This intimate union of the supernatural and the natural is nowhere more strikingly manifested
than in the writings of St. Francis.”
Selected Chapters from ‘The Writings of St Francis of Assisi’
CHARACTERISTICS OP' ST. FRANCIS' WRITINGS
WORDS OF ADMONITION
SALUTATION OF THE VIRTUES
INSTRUCTION ON THE LORD'S BODY
RULES OF THE FRIARS MINOR
FIRST RULE OF THE FRIARS MINOR
SECOND RULE OF THE FRIARS MINOR
FRAGMENTS FROM THE RULE OF THE CLARES
THE TESTAMENT
REGULATION FOR HERMITAGES
SIX LETTERS OF ST. FRANCIS
PRAISES AND PARAPHRASE OF THE LORD'S PRAYER
SALUTATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
PRAYER TO OBTAIN DIVINE LOVE
THE PRAISES OF GOD
THE BLESSING OF BROTHER LEO
THE CANTICLE OF THE SUN
THE OFFICE OF THE PASSION