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On» N anna» of St Marçar», Me
R e m n a n t m em o ries of a Cathohc School
childhood cam e b ac k to m e the o th e r m g h t
I could once agam see the b a g ago little ¿tri
knee hug m the bM echoing c h u rc h , p raying
w ith the serious diligence o f a sm all m o n k
W ho would h av e tho u g h t th e re v e re d saints
and all th e y stood fo r to this a w e s tru c k c h ild
would, today, be p re s e n te d m the im age of
M ic k e y R ourke9 W ell, it w o rk ed H e played
a v e ry c o n v in c in g St F rancis of Assisi m the
m o vie 'F ra n c e s c o *
T h e firs t sce n e m the film » a g ath erin g
of his follow ers a ttem p tin g to w rite down
th e tru th o f Francesco's toe In 1200 AD the
w r ite r would need holy faith indeed to hope
the tru th of the w ritte n w ord would s u rv iv e
copies, tra n s la to n s o r the ravag es of
m te ro re ta lo n
T h e s e ragam uffin w rite rs m u st h av e
done w ell, because w h a t follow s m the film
b the We sto ry o f an enigm a, v e ry m uch hke
C hnst w ?
Yet fo r w h a te v e r reason, be
th e y spiritual, dogm atic o r situ ation al, St
F rancis had a p ro found a ffe c t on countless
m d m d ja b from his ow n tim e to the p re s e n t
P o s s iily , E m erso n was th in kin g o f this man
w h e n he w ro te "Th e u n e x a m m e d We b not
w o rth bvm g *
O ng m aliy young F rancesco was the son
o f a w e a lth y m e rc h a n t w ho ran a re ta il
business a m id st g re a t p o v e rty m the Italian
tow n of Assisi T h e s e m eq uaties w e re, in
p art, w h a t fm aliy d ro ve Francesco to a We of
v o w ed p o v e rty fo r h im s elf, m em utabon of
C hnst
T h is fifan raises th e question again, if
p o v e rty was e v e r con sid ered a v irtu e , w h a t
has happened to us?
In the endless hum an s ea rch lo r the
tru th , a We such as this n e v e r b u se s
s ig n ifican ce F rancis was e v e n a fe m in is t
to h B g re a t c re d it H e m ade no a tte m p t to
keep a w om an fro m bem g a chsc p le
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p a rt o f the c u m r u lim m "sain t w o r s h p *
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th e im p o rtan ce o f th e them e
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