Like Jesus , Francis of Assisi did some pretty outrageous things. Everybody knows how he went and preached to the birds, but not everybody knows why he did it. It wasn't, as certain 1970s movies would have it, because he was a nature-loving hippie (although I do love Donavan's soundtrack, especially the theme song). It was because the human beings he was preaching to wouldn't listen. He had wanted to preach the word of God in Rome, but when he arrived there, the people scorned him because he was dressed poorly, so they thought him an idiot. He tried for several days to gain their attention, but could not overcome their hardness of heart. "I grieve deeply over your misfortune," he told them, "because you are not only spurning me as a servant of Christ, but you are also really despising Him in me, since I have been preaching to you the Gospel of the Redeemer of the world. And so I am now leaving Rome. And I call as witness of your desolation Him who is t
Brilliant work! Thank you Prof. Rachel/Prof. Fencing Bear.
ReplyDeleteVery excited about the course.
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For a decade or more now I have wondered what was the name of a children's novel set in medieval times and had such fascinating details on the wool and cloth trade. Now I know. The Wool Pack! Thank you for including it in your reading list. My frustrated wonderings are satisfied.
ReplyDeleteI also enjoyed the Cadfael books (and the TV series). Another enjoyable medieval whodunnit series has a nun as detective. The Dame Frevisse series by Margaret Frazer