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St. Francis of Assisi Francis of Assisi was born in 1182 in Italy, into a rich family due to his father’s wealth from being a cloth merchant, which he wanted Francis to do as well. Francis, being a natural born leader, was loved by everyone and lived a very happy life as a child. Francis was attracted to parties as he grew up, and reflecting back on that time he even stated “I lived in sin”. After 25 years of his life he finally realized his true vocation of being a man of God, and started to pray longer and more often, as well as repenting his sins. Francis recalled his test from God, where he was face to face with a leper, despite their ugly appearance and smell, he kissed their hand, filling himself with joy. Soon Francis was left with nothing, no family, no money, no home, but remained happy as he knew he had God. As he preached, people wanted to follow his way of life by sleeping in the forest, eating garbage and loving God. …show more content…

His companions came from everywhere, common people, merchants, and poor people, practicing pure equality he showed everyone the same amount of respect no matter where they came from or what they do. Francis felt that all of God’s creations, including nature and all its animals, were part of his brotherhood. One story of Francis, was when he preached to birds about God’s gifts of clothes and freedom, only flying off once he said they could leave. Also, when the town wanted to kill a wolf who had been eating people, Francis talked to the wolf and the wolf became loving and even a town pet. His order didn’t try to stop poverty and save the poor, but to make it holy, to show the poor to thank God for all he has

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