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Works of st Francis of Assisi tr by a religious of the order Author:Francis Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LETTER II. To all the Faithful of Christ. To all Christians, religious, priests, laymen, and women, and to all who dwell in the world ; Brother Francis, th... more »eir servant and slave, reverently wishes true peace from heaven, and sincere charity in the Lord. I, being the servant of all, am bound to serve all, and to minister to them the most sweet words of my Lord. Wherefore, considering in my mind that on account of my infirmities and of the weakness of my body, I cannot personally visit each one, I desire by this letter to announce unto you the words of my Lord Jesus Christ, Who is the Eternal Word of the Father, and also the words of the Holy Ghost, which are spirit and life. This Word of the Father, so divine, so holy, and so glorious, was announced from heaven by the holy Archangel Gabriel, and He descended into the womb of the glorious Virgin Mary, receiving from her the true flesh of our frail humanity. And being rich, He, together with His most blessed Mother, desired above all things in this world to embrace poverty. Before His Passion He celebrated the Pasch with His disciples, and taking bread, He gave thanks, and blessed and broke it, saying: ' Take and eat, this is My Body;' and taking the chalice, He said : ' This is My Blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you and for many, for the remission of sins.' Soon after He prayed to His Father, saying: 'Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from Me." And His sweat became as drops of blood falling down uponthe ground. But He united His will with that of His Heavenly Father, saying: ' Father, Thy will be done ; not what I will, but what Thou willest.' It was the will of His Father that this most glorious and blessed Son, Whom He gave to us, and Who was born for us, should, by the shedding of His Blood...« less