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As Catholics, we have a rich mine of wisdom and stories. No religious tradition has more. And yet how much time do we spend truly meditating on the lives of our saints, on the oral and written tales which have come down to us? The Fioretti and The Three Companions are part of this deposit. Both medieval texts relay those early days of St. Francis and of his movement; and unfortunately, because of that fact they are too easily dismissed as quaint or excessively childlike. However, as we know, one cannot be too childlike. These stories are important because they give us something of the spirit of St. Francis. They give us a deeper somatic take on people who have done more, who have done it right.

One can read the texts together: the stories and the poems, though that is not necessary as each poem is self-contained. The epigraphs taken from the originals map each piece, announce the “oral” turns one can occasionally expect.