Easter And After

[poliphilo]

 I don't believe anyone said "Easter" on Sunday. There were however occasional references to chocolate. That's Quakers for you- no time for churchy stuff, plenty of time for sweets.

I just watched a clip from Zefferelli's Brother Sun, Sister Moon. It's the scene  in which St Francis has a audience with the Pope. The papal court is gorgeously arrayed, St Francis and his followers are dirty and dishevelled. The Pope, played by Alec Guinness, says he used to be an enthusiast for the imitation of Christ but church government got in the way. Then he kneels down and kisses Francis's naked foot.

Francis is my favourite saint. We have a statue of him in the garden. I bought it at the tip shop a week or two back.



I got up a little earlier than usual this morning (sick of lying awake coughing) drew the curtains and there was not one but there were two foxes at the bottom of the garden. They watched my window for about a minute, assessing the degree of risk, then took off over the fence.

Had I been St Francis they would have hung around- as the wolf of Gubbio did.....

Comments

[kaishin108]

That's a lovely statue. He's my favorite saint too. I have to say, when we visited Assisi years ago, there is a special feeling there.

[poliphilo]

Did you notice the birds in his hand and on his shoulder? His affinity with birds is one of the things that endears him to me.

[cmcmck]

There's a view that the wolf of Gubbio was actually a bandit.

[poliphilo]

My own view is that a person as holy as Francis is perfectly capable of taming a wolf.

[paserbyp]

San Francisco?