September 17 | Feast of the Stigmata of Saint Francis of Assisi “Lord Jesus Christ, who reproduced in the flesh of the most blessed Francis, the sacred marks of your own sufferings, so that in a world grown cold our hearts might be filled with burning love of you, graciously enable us by his merits and prayers to bear the cross without faltering and to bring forth worthy fruits of penitence: You who are God, living and reigning with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, for ever and e

800 years ago today, St. Francis of Assisi received the stigmata (17 September 1224) #stfrancisofassisi #stigmata | Crux Stationalis