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Sunday, October 4, 2020

It's Saint Francis's Feast Day

This image features a copy of a poster for the annual blessing of animals which takes place October 4th, a day that coincides with the Feast Day of Saint Francis. The poster includes Poipe Francis in his vestments and blessing a guide dog.

 Today is the Feast Day of Saint Francis of Assisi. He is the patron saint of animals and environment and many web-sources concur, he could "be viewed as the original Earth Day advocate. Francis' devotion to God was expressed through his love for all of God's creation."

He is also known for many inspiring qotes such as, "For it is giving that we receive," which is featured in the photo (below) of a poster by Patrick McDonnell, who is the creator of Mutts.

This is a copy of a poster created by Patrick McDonnell. It has a green background and the drawing on it is of a woman feeding animals. The caption reads, "For it is in giving that we receive."

I have referenced Saint Francis in a number of blog posts as he is certainly one of my inspirations in loving God's creations.

As a reminder of his wisdom, I have a small statue depicted him on the shelf above my desk.

A photograph featuring statuettes on a shelf. Left to right they include, Saint Francis with animals, Saint Joseph holding Baby Jesus, Saint Jude, Our Lady of Guadeloupe, Saint Lucia, and Saint Anthony holding the Infant Jesus. These saints are featured in posts within my blog @ https://www.thelastleafgardener.com/search/label/Saints
ALL THESE SAINTS HAVE STORIES ON THIS BLOG

Moreover, when Cam, my visiting cardinal who is the "narrator" of my three volume book series, Words In Our Beak...

This is a photo of my three volume book series, "Words In Our Beak." Information re the books is another one of my blog  posts @ https://www.thelastleafgardener.com/2018/10/one-sheet-book-series-info.html
MY BOOK SERIES

... had a daughter, I named her Frannie, in honor of Saint Francis. Cam and Frannie are (featured in the next two hotographs) and their stories (which are set in my garden) are  included in my books.

This photograph a female cardinal feeding her youg one by dropping food into her beak. It was taken in my garden and is included in volume one of my book series, "Words In Our Beak." Information re my three part series is in another post on my blog @ https://www.thelastleafgardener.com/2018/10/one-sheet-book-series-info.html
THIS PICTURE IS FEATURED IN VOLUME 1

This photograph a female cardinal "standing" alogside her youg one by  It was taken in my garden and is included in volume one of my book series, "Words In Our Beak." Information re my three part series is in another post on my blog @ https://www.thelastleafgardener.com/2018/10/one-sheet-book-series-info.html
THIS PICTURE IS FEATURED IN VOLUME ONE

On another note, Saint francis is also known for the widely known serenity prayer, "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference."

It is a prayer which is particularly useful as we experince many of the consequence of this COVID-19 (cornavirus) pandemic.

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