Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Assisi, Italy
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Prayer Source = The Communion of Saints: Prayers of the Famous, Edited by Horton Davies (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1990), p. 44
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I beg you, O Lord, that the fiery and sweet strength of your love may absorb my soul away from all things that are under heaven, that I may die for your love as you deigned to die for love of my love.
–St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)
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