BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Now, as everybody knows by now, Pope Francis is the first Jesuit pope and the first pope to take the name "Francis" in honor of the well-known Italian St. Francis of Assisi.
In Pope Francis' eco-encyclical he invokes St. Francis of Assisi's "Canticle of Brother Sun."
In Eloi Leclerc's book The Canticle of Creatures: Symbols of Union: An Analysis of St. Francis of Assisi, translated from the French (1970) by Matthew J. O'Connell (1977), the following English translation of St. Francis of Assisi's "Canticle" is given on pages xvii-xviii:
Most high, all-powerful, all good, Lord!
All praise is yours, all glory, all honour
And all blessing.
To you alone, Most High, do they belong.
No mortal lips are worthy
To pronounce your name.
All praise be yours, my Lord, through all that you have made,
And first my lord Brother Sun,
Who brings the day; and light you give to us through him.
How beautiful is he, how radiant in all his splendor!
Next Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
1
1
1
