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Today's #SaturdaySaint is Francis of Assisi. Francis was a complex figure, a man who contemporaries claimed lived out the Sermon on the Mount better than anyone else, except of course, the man who first preached it...read more about his influence on faith here. (Here's another article about him as well.)

When I was in elementary school we did a musical of sorts at the church we were attending. We sang a song that moved me so deeply that it became a refrain in my soul year after year. I tried to find the song but never could - still can't. It's as if it never existed and yet I know it did, I remember the sheet music to it. Many years later, with that song playing in the background of my life I watched a documentary about St. Francis of Assisi and discovered a prayer of his was the basis for this song that I loved but never could hunt down. I was overjoyed to finally discover a basis for this song that meant so much, that means so much, to me. I would love to share the song with you - but alas, it remains only in my soul. 






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