The Poverty and Joy of St. Francis of Assisi, Sermon by Fr. Paul Robinson, SSPX
Sermons of Fr Paul Robinson SSPX por Fr Paul Robinson
T2026 · E32
6 oct 2026
24:26
Notas del episodio
- 800 years ago, on this very day, a great saint was dying. He had stripped himself naked and lay down on the ground so that he could die like Our Lord, in a state of utter poverty. But another brother said to him, “I would like to lend you this tunic, under the condition that you wear it out of holy obedience and you have no power over it or any ability to lend it to anyone else.”
- St. Francis of Assisi, for it was him, commanded that his brothers sing in a loud voice the canticle that he had composed, called “The Canticle of the Sun”. In this canticle, which is a song of praise to God for His creation, are the following words: “Praised be You, my Lord, through our Sister Bodily Death, from whom no living man can escape. Woe to those who die in mortal sin. Blessed are those whom death will find in Your most holy will, for the second death shall do them no harm.”
- Then, St. Francis died and one of the brothers, Brother Augustine, saw St. Francis’s soul fly to heaven and asked if he could follow him. Then Brother Augustine also died and went to Heaven
- This scene of the last hours of the death of St. Francis encapsulates the two great virtues that he practiced in his life: the virtues of poverty and joy.