If you wish to be converted to Christ along with your people, I will most gladly stay with you for love of him. But if you hesitate to abandon the law of Mahomet for the faith of Christ, then command that an enormous fire be lit and I will walk into the fire along with your priests so that you will recognize which faith deserves to be held as the holier and more certain. If you wish to promise that if I come out of the fire unharmed, you and your people will come over to the worship of Christ, then I will enter the fire along. And if I shall be burned, you must attribute it to my sins. But if God’s power protects me, you will acknowledge Christ the power and wisdom of God as true God and the Savior of all (I Cor. 1:24; John 17:3, 4:42).–St. Francis in St. Bonaventure, The Life of St. Francis 9.8.
Fr. Zehnle,
ReplyDeleteDo you know where I can find a copy of the photo on the front page of our Catholic Times this week? (Deacon Kevin's 1st baptism?) Any inside knowledge on how I can get permission to use it with credit to the photographer?
Thanks,
Maureen
I don't. You might try contacting the Catholic Times. Their web address is ct.dio.org.
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