Canticle of the Creatures: The Goodness of God and Creation

The Life of St. Francis by Thomas of Celano, The First Book, Chapter 29: Even for worms he had a warm love, since he had read this text about the Savior:  “I am a worm and not a man.”  That is why he used to pick them up from the road and put them inContinue reading “Canticle of the Creatures: The Goodness of God and Creation”

Canticle of the Creatures: The Attributes

Genesis 1:29 Then God said. “I give you every seedbearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.” In the last reflection, we looked at the structure of the Canticle of the Creatures in terms of the flow ofContinue reading “Canticle of the Creatures: The Attributes”