Audiobook: Saint Francis of Assisi: A Biography
- Download 00 β Author's Preface audio
- Download 01 β Bk. I, Chap. 1, The Convalescent audio
- Download 02 β Bk. I, Chap. 2, Infancy and Youth audio
- Download 03 β Bk. I, Chap. 3, History of the Epoch audio
- Download 04 β Bk. I, Chap. 4, Francis Becomes a Soldier audio
- Download 05 β Bk. I, Chap. 5, The Conversion audio
- Download 06 β Bk. I, Chap. 6, The Message in San Damiano audio
- Download 07 β Bk. I, Chap. 7, The Abandonment of His Home and Father audio
- Download 08 - Bk. II, Chap. 1, The First Disciples audio
- Download 09 - Bk. II, Chap. 2, The Foundations of the Order audio
- Download 10 - Bk. II, Chap. 3, Rivo Torto audio
- Download 11 - Bk. II, Chap. 4, Portiuncula and the Early Disciples audio
- Download 12 - Bk. II, Chap. 5, Saint Clara and San Damiano audio
- Download 13 - Bk. III, Chap. 1, The Sermon to the Birds audio
- Download 14 - Bk. III, Chap. 2, Missionary Journeys audio
- Download 15 - Bk. III, Chap. 3, The Portiuncula Indulgence audio
- Download 16 - Bk. III, Chap. 4, Chapters and Provinces audio
- Download 17 - Bk. III, Chap. 5, Cardinal Hugolin audio
- Download 18 - Bk. III, Chap. 6, The Missionaries audio
- Download 19 - Bk. III, Chap. 7, The Foreign Missions and the Chapter of Mats audio
- Download 20 - Bk. III, Chap. 8, Rules and Admonitions audio
- Download 21 - Bk. III, Chap. 9, Saint Francis and Learning audio
- Download 22 - Bk. III, Chap. 10, The Learned Franciscans and the Third Order audio
- Download 23 - Bk. III, Chap. 11, Elias of Cortona and the Final Rule audio
- Download 24 - Bk. III, Chap. 12, The Last Visit to Rome and the Crib at Greccio audio
- Download 25 - Bk. IV, Chap. 1, The Writer audio
- Download 26 - Bk. IV, Chap. 2, The Spiritual Life audio
- Download 27 - Bk. IV, Chap. 3, The True Disciple audio
- Download 28 - Bk. IV, Chap. 4, La Verna and the Stigmata audio
- Download 29 - Bk. IV, Chap. 5, The Farewell to the Brethren audio
- Download 30 - Bk. IV, Chap. 6, Francis, the Lover of Nature audio
- Download 31 - Bk. IV, Chap. 7, Francis' Last Testament, Illness and Death audio
- Download 32 - Bk. IV, Chap. 8, The End audio
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Born to a prosperous cloth merchant of Assisi, Francis (1182-1226) lived the typically high-spirited life of a wealthy young man of his day, which included fighting as a soldier. In 1205, while away at war, he experienced a vision that beckoned him return to Assisi, where he soon lost his taste for the worldly life and began to live a life of evangelical poverty in imitation of Jesus Christ. He embarked upon a pilgrimage to Rome, where he begged for alms alongside the poor at St. Peter's Basilica. Upon his return to Assisi, be began to preach in the town square and soon acquired a curious following which blossomed into a worldwide religious order. The Franciscans sparked a spiritual revival that enlightened the Dark Ages and that continues even into our day.
Johannes Jorgensen (1866β1956) is best known outside his native Denmark for his popular biography of St. Francis of Assisi, which he wrote in 1907. As a student in Copenhagen, he searched in vain for truth in various secular and spiritual philosophies. But his 1894 visit to Assisi, with his friend Mogens Ballin, a Jewish convert to Catholicism, led to a turning point in Jorgensen's own spiritual life and quest for truth and marked the beginning of his fervent love for Francis, a love that became the preoccupation of his life and led to his conversion to Catholicism in 1896. His timeless biography of Francis of Assisi continues to inspire readers from all creeds and cultures. (Adapted from Wikipedia)
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