A Slice of Liturgical Life: Celebrating Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi

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Today, October 4, we celebrate another wonderful feast day, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi.

You know you are thinking about A Slice of Liturgical Life too much when you think to grab a bag of animal crackers at the grocery as a simple way to remember St. Francis of Assisi, the patron Saint of animals.   :)

We read a little about Saint Francis from Saints and Angels and read his story in Saint Francis of Assisi by Father Lovasik while we snacked on the animal crackers. It's always amazing to read about another Saint, like St. Francis, that had the wounds of Christ on his hands, feet, and side (stigmata). We also watched Francis, The Knight of Assisi from CCC of America that I blogged about before Pope Francis' visit to the U.S. last week. 

The statue of St. Francis was given to our family as a gift several years ago and I have it displayed in our home year round. 

Prayer of St. Francis

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. 
Where there is hatred, let me sow love; 
where there is injury, pardon; 
where there is doubt, faith; 
where there is despair, hope; 
where there is darkness, light; 
where there is sadness, joy.

O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; 
to be understood as to understand; 
to be loved as to love; 
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; 
it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life.

Amen.