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Author: Jane Langton Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher ISBN: 9781567923209 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 48
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This lovely retelling of one of the lesser known tales of the Saint Francis's lessons centers on the legend of the great wolf of Gubbio, a ferocious canine who terrorized the town and was slowly reducing it to penury and starvation. In nearby Assisi, Brother Francis heard of their plight and came to their rescue. Unbelievingly, the villagers watched from the ramparts as Brother Francis called to the wolf, tamed it with his tenderness, and made it pledge that if the people of Gubbio would care for it, he would do them no harm. He took the pledge and lived in harmony with the citizens of the city until his death.
Author: Jane Langton Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher ISBN: 9781567923209 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 48
Book Description
This lovely retelling of one of the lesser known tales of the Saint Francis's lessons centers on the legend of the great wolf of Gubbio, a ferocious canine who terrorized the town and was slowly reducing it to penury and starvation. In nearby Assisi, Brother Francis heard of their plight and came to their rescue. Unbelievingly, the villagers watched from the ramparts as Brother Francis called to the wolf, tamed it with his tenderness, and made it pledge that if the people of Gubbio would care for it, he would do them no harm. He took the pledge and lived in harmony with the citizens of the city until his death.
Author: Jon M. Sweeney Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers ISBN: 1506470734 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 208
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Turn from fear and find peace. In Feed the Wolf, author and Saint Francis scholar Jon M. Sweeney explores fifteen spiritual practices from the essential wisdom of Saint Francis for us to apply to our twenty-first-century lives.
Author: Richard Egielski Publisher: Walter de Gruyter ISBN: 9780066238708 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 48
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Terrible wolf is terrorizing the town of Gubbio, and no one can stop him until Saint Francis visits the town and speaks to the wolf in his own language.
Author: Colony Elliott Santangelo Publisher: Chronicle Books ISBN: 9781929766079 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Exquisitely embellished in gold, imbued with the vibrant palette of the Renaissance, and painstakingly rendered on bass wood panels, Brother Wolf embraces the spirit of its time. An old wolf terrorizes the villagers of Gubbio-until Saint Francis brings about a peace between man and animal. This inspiring and favorite legend is richly illuminated and lovingly depicted by a new artist of great talent. A storyteller's ear informs a tale whose gentle message of spirituality and the brotherhood of all living things will strike a resonant chord. Those familiar with art history will delight in finding images which quote famous paintings; all others will simply delight.
Author: Kenneth Baxter Wolf Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0195182804 Category : Poverty Languages : en Pages : 176
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Saint Francis of Assisi is arguably the most attractive saint ever produced by the Catholic Church. Based on a reconsideration of the earliest biographies of the saint, and Francis's own writings, this title sheds light on the inherent ironies of poverty as a spiritual discipline and its relationship to poverty as a socio-economic affliction.
Author: G K Chesterton Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 154
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Francis of Assisi is, after Mary of Nazareth, the greatest saint in the Christian calendar, and one of the most influential men in the whole of humanHistory. By universal acclaim, this biography by G. K. Chesterton is considered the best appreciation of Francis's life--the one that gets to the heart of the matter.For Chesterton, Francis is a great paradoxical figure, a man who loved women but vowed himself to chastity; an artist who loved the pleasures of the natural world as few have loved them, but vowed himself to the most austere poverty, stripping himself naked in the public square so all could see that he had renounced his worldly goods; a clown who stood on his head in order to see the world aright. Chesterton gives us Francis in his world-the riotously colorful world of the High Middle Ages, a world with more pageantry andRomance-General-General-Generalthan we have seen before or since. Here is the Francis who tried to end the Crusades by talking to the Saracens, and who interceded with the emperor on behalf of the birds. Here is the Francis who inspired a revolution in art that began with Giotto and a revolution in poetry that began with Dante. Here is the Francis who prayed and danced with pagan abandon, who talked to animals, who invented the creche.
Author: Richard J. Foster Publisher: Zondervan ISBN: 0060628227 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 452
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The author of the bestselling celebration of discipline explores the great traditions of Christian spirituality and their role in spiritual renewal today. In this landmark work, Foster examines the "streams of living water" –– the six dimensions of faith and practice that define Christian tradition. He lifts up the enduring character of each tradition and shows how a variety of practices, from individual study and retreat to disciplines of service and community, are all essential elements of growth and maturity. Foster examines the unique contributions of each of these traditions and offers as examples the inspiring stories of faithful people whose lives defined each of these "streams."
Author: Brian Wildsmith Publisher: ISBN: 9780192723383 Category : Christian saints Languages : en Pages : 0
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The story of the life of St. Francis of Assisi, who rejects his wealthy background to lead a life of poverty, good works, and kindness to animals, told as though spoken by the saint himself.
Author: Jr. Kennedy, Robert F. Publisher: Hyperion ISBN: Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 38
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Tells the story of the man who became one of the most famous saints in the world, from his fun-loving youth through his career as a soldier to the years he spent serving God.
Author: Jane Langton
Author: Jane Langton
Author: Jon M. Sweeney
Author: Richard Egielski
Author: Colony Elliott Santangelo
Author: Kenneth Baxter Wolf
Author: Michael Bedard
Author: G K Chesterton
Author: Richard J. Foster
Author: Brian Wildsmith
Author: Jr. Kennedy, Robert F.