St. Francis and the Cross

by Cantalamessa, Raniero

• ISBN13: 9781569553459
• ISBN10: 1569553459
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Charis Books

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(2)
1
The Lord Has ``Put a New Song in My Mouth, a Song of Praise to Our God''	9	(9)
Franco Gallivanone
Praises of God Most High	18	(2)
Francis of Assisi
The Canticle of the Creatures	20	(3)
Francis of Assisi
2
``All Praise Be Yours, My Lord, Through All That You Have Made'': Francis of Assisi's Experience of Beauty and the Paschal Mystery	23	(24)
Raniero Cantalamessa
The Testament of St. Francis	47	(6)
Francis of Assisi
3
``This Is My Testament'': Francis Speaks to Priests Today	53	(27)
Raniero Cantalamessa
The Miracle of the Stigmata and the Manner in Which the Seraph Appeared to Him	80	(3)
Tommaso da Celano
4
Man's Wisdom and Power, God's Weakness and Foolishness: Obedience and Resistance to the Word of the Cross	83	(19)
Carlo Maria Martini
How St. Francis Taught Brother Leo That Perfect Joy Is Only in the Cross	102	(5)
From The Little Flowers of St. Francis
5
``Bearing the Reproach That He Bore...Let Us Continually Offer God a Sacrifice of Praise'': Perfect Joy in Ministry	107	(18)
Carlo Maria Martini
6
``Beauty and Crucified Love'': Ministry and Conforming to Christ Crucified	125	(8)
Marco Bove
Notes	133