During the life of St. Francis of Assisi and even beyond, crippled were healed, blind received their sight, those possessed were exorcised by his mere walking into the room, terminally ill people recovered, swellings went away, dropsies were cured, arthritis disappeared, paralyzed people began to walk again, lepers were cleansed, mutes began to speak and the deaf began to hear. Many miracles were attributed to this great saint.
Some of the More Unusual Miracles of St. Francis of Assisi
There was a certain monk who noticed that Father Francis would leave the brothers in the middle of the night and come back later. When he asked St. Francis of Assisi about this, St. Francis told him never to follow him and that it was nothing he would speak about.
Despite St. Francis of Assisi’s admonitions to this brother, one night he followed St. Francis of Assisi secretly outside. For a time, he watched as St. Francis prayed in the woods from a distance and luckily St. Francis had not yet noticed he had come.
Suddenly, the most beautiful apparition appeared. The Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and St. John the Baptist appeared in the skies above St. Francis of Assisi. He spoke with them for a while as the monk watched on in utter amazement.
But St. Francis caught him when the apparition was over and he was returning to his cell. Exhorting him to never tell anyone of what he had seen, the monk kept quiet until after his death when he revealed the miraculous incident he had witnessed.
Apparitions of Christ Amongst the Brothers with St. Francis of Assisi
It is also related in The Little Flowers of St. Francis, by Raphael Brown that when St. Francis of Assisi would stand in the midst of the brothers and preach, that Christ would appear among them. This was reported by many of the brothers who remembered this profound phenomena.
The Apparition of St. Peter and St. Paul to St. Francis about Lady Poverty
Praying at a Cathedral in honor of St. Peter and Paul, St. Francis of Assisi was entreating the Lord to give him the grace of Holy Lady Poverty. As he prayed with such fervor, an apparition of St. Peter and St. Paul arose before him. They told him that Christ honored his wish to live like the apostles in Holy Poverty, and was so pleased with his request, that He had sent them to announce to St. Francis of Assisi that his prayer was granted.
The Early Life of St. Francis of Assisi
St. Francis of Assisi Receives his Call
Sources: Saint Francis – A Film by Michele Soavi, Francis of Assisi Complete Writings in Three Volumes, The Saint, The Founder, The Prophet – Compiled by Regis Armstrong, O.F.M. Cap., J. A. Wayne Hellmann, O.F.M. Conv., William J. Short, O.F.M., The Little Flowers of St. Francis – By Raphael Brown, Saint Francis of Assisi – By Thomas of Celano, God’s Fool: The Life and Times of St. Francis of Assisi, By Julien Green, Clare of Assisi, The Lady – Translation by Regis J. Armstrong, O.F.M. Cap., Francis and Clare: The Complete Works, Tranlsation by Regis J. Armstrong, O.F.M. Cap., and Ignatius C. Brady, O.F.M., Clare of Assisi: Her Spirituality Revealed in her Letters – By Claire Marie Ledoux
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