Saint Francis

Today we went to see where Saint Francis and Saint Bonaventure lived and prayed. Fonte Colombo is where Saint Francis recieved his rule from Jesus himself in a tiny little cave which we walked through. As Saint Francis recieved it Brother Leo wrote it down, but later lost it and the whole thing had to be done again.

It was here that Saint Francis recieved an operation for an eye problem he had, the surgeon corterising all the nerve from ear to ear, Saint Francis, after praying, didnt feel a thing. However the operation was not a success and later Francis asked to be relieved of his suffering and the Lord appeared to him again on an Oak Tree.

Greccio is about 5km away from Fonte Colombo and is where Francis started the tradition of the Crib. It is now a museum of cribs with every nationality you can think of represented. There are african, mexican, Japenese, peruvian, inca, British, and every other nationality on earth. It was here that Both Saint Francis, for a time, and later Saint Bonaventure lived. Both places are built on the side of mountains are have absolutly amazing views.