A Hymn to St. Francis of Assisi
O victim dear of heavenly love,
Impurpled by the fivefold sign,
Saint Francis, father of the poor,
Of Jesus’ Cross a living shrine.
Thou, burning with the glowing flames
Of the love of God and love of man,
Dost yearn for Christ to she thy blood
And thrice dost try the seas to span.
Although denied thy heart’s desire,
Thou lettest not thine ardour wane;
But kindled still with love divine
To stir new fires thou strives amain
Still living in thine Orders three,
Thou art found in many a savage clime;
And frozen hearts, warmed at thy flame,
Grow fervent with thy fire sublime.
So shalt thou crush the powers of hell,
Thy conquering arms our foes dismay;
When Holy Church doth seem to fail,
Still is thy mighty strength her stay.
Come, help us, father, while we pray,
Thy love within our hearts inspire,
Thy boundless love, that spread abroad
The glowing brightness of its fire.
Praise we the Father and the Son,
Praise we the Holy Paraclete:
He grant us grace to emulate
Our father’s spirit, as is meet.
Amen.
Raccolta, an indulgence for 300 days.
Oh glorious Saint Francis, who, even in thy youth, with a generous heart didst renounce the comfort and ease of thy father’s house in order to follow Jesus more closely in His humility and poverty, in His mortification and passionate love of the Cross, and didst thereby merit to behold the miraculous Stigmata impressed upon thy flesh and to bear them about with thee, obtain for us also, we pray, the grace of passing through our life here below, as though insensible to the ephemeral splendor of all earthly possessions, with our hearts constantly beating with the love of Jesus Crucified even in the darkest and saddest hours of life and with our eyes ever serenely raised toward the heaven, as though already enjoying a foretaste of the eternal possession of the infinite Good with His divine and everlasting joys. Amen.
Raccolta an indulgence of 300 days.
A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, if this prayer is devoutly recited every day for a month.
Lord Jesus Christ, who, when the world was growing cold, didst renew in the flesh of blessed Francis the sacred marks of Thy Passion in order to inflame our hearts with the fire of Thy love; mercifully grant that, by his merits and prayers, we may always carry the cross and bring forth fruits worthy of repentance: Who livest and reignest for ever and ever. Amen.
Raccolta an indulgence of 300 days
A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, if this prayer is devoutly recited every day for a month.
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