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thank you daivd for intervening and calling for the raising of the bar of consciousness. st. francis's feast day is coming oct. 4 . he achieved a mystical union with his beloved our lord jesus christ and bares the marks of this intimate union the "stigmata." no one questions the total passionate emotional love and devotion francis acheived that brought him to the intimate union of the profoundest sense one could experience here. such passion for jesus christ, such passion for all creation and oneness with all things gave francis the vision that we all need to see: seeing each other as the glowing cherubims he saw! yet with all his fire francis was humble and loved all things unto poverty itself naming her lady poverty his bride.
st. francis intimate union with christ is one of great pain and beauty. it speaks volume on the journey of those who love intimately those of their own. it is divinely transformed in total surrender and humilty marked with the absolute knowing of the beloved. the sign is the result. the love we so lightly speak of as same love bears little of this signature. any love that is selfish bares the fruit of it's labor. it grows to no end. francis love expanded to inclued all of creation . i hail the beloved saint who so loved with such passion the beloved of his soul and grew to love all creatures.