St Francis revisited

I was going back through some old blogs and discovered a comment on the St. Francis Feast Day Blog I didnt realize was there. It was interesting and beautiful. Change's comments were beautiful and made me realize there is alot more to St. Francis than loving animals, calling things brother and renouncing things of this world - which are wonderful things, but Francis's Love went much deeper than that.

Change gave us a link, below, to a wonderful art exhibit by Darren Waterston and Tyrus Miller, that was based somewhat on St. Francis.

If you look at the link, read the comments by the reviewer about the compassion of St Francis. Not something all of us are willing to embrace.

"...Saint Francis found the divine through the body. He did not find it by looking at the ideal beauty of the ancient Greeks but in the wounds of the lepers and the homeless that surrounded his home in Assisi. He embraced things that we would normally turn away from like the bleeding sores of those who are sick. He resisted the temptation to run away, transcended his natural feelings of self preservation, and cultivated compassion to discover the divine through the path of caring for those around us"

http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2007/09/darren_watersto_1.html

Thanks Change
Peace
Keren