Greg Friedman, OFM, "The Stigmata of St. Francis: Embracing the Crucified Christ", in St. Anthony Messenger (September 2024).
"Francis of Assisi was a man who wanted no possessions yet accepted the gift of a mountain in Italy. He came to that mountain to find solitude but carried with him the problems of the outside world and his new community of brothers. What happened there was something Francis was reluctant to share. But the event forever identifies him."
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