{"product_id":"9780809124466","title":"Francis and Clare : The Complete Works","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"...clearly a must for all libraries...and for all readers interested in spirituality.\" \n\u003cbr\u003eReligious Studies Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrancis and Clare: The Complete Works\n\u003cbr\u003etranslation and introduction by Regis J. Armstrong, O.F.M.\n\u003cbr\u003eCap. and Ignatius C. Brady O.F.M.\n\u003cbr\u003epreface by John Vaughn, O.F.M.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Praised be You, my Lord, with\n\u003cbr\u003eall Your creatures, especially\n\u003cbr\u003eSir Brother Sun, \n\u003cbr\u003eWho is the day through whom\n\u003cbr\u003eYou give us light.\"\n\u003cbr\u003eFrancis of Assisi (c. 1182-1226)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrancis (c. 1182-1226), \"The Little Poor Man\" of Assisi, and Clare (c.1193-1254), \"The Clear One,\" the woman who lived out his vision with heroic simplicity, together shaped the spirituality of early thirteenth-century Europe. Each gathered communities of like-minded persons to live out a radical commitment to the Gospel message of poverty and in the process left a legacy that has captured the imagination of both believer and nonbeliever throughout the ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere for the first time in English the complete writings of both Francis and Clare have been brought together in one volume. The book represents the first English translation based on the critical texts of the writings of Francis assembled by Kajetan Esser in his 1976 Opuscula des Heiligen Franziskus von Assisi, and the critical texts of Clare's writings done by Ignatio Omaechevarria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWriting in the preface to this volume, John Vaughn, Minister General of the Friars minor, sums up the relevance of Francis's and Clare's vision for today: \"[It]\n\u003cbr\u003eCalls us to revitalizes our lives and those of others, and indeed to renew the very life of the Church in these times of crisis.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e†\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paulist Press International,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48984666079467,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":45.68,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780809124466-1.jpg?v=1785753472","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9780809124466","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}