The complete collection of writings by the beloved St Francis of Assisi, including The Canticle Of The Sun. From the Introduction to “The Writings of St Francis of Assisi” “To say that the writings of St. Francis reflect his personality and his spirit is but another way of saying that they are at once formidably mystic and exquisitely human; that they combine great elevation of thought with much picturesqueness of expression.... St. Francis had the soul of an ascetic and the heart of a poet. His unbounded faith had an almost lyric sweetness about it; his deep sense of the spiritual is often clothed with the character of romance. This intimate union of the supernatural and the natural is nowhere more strikingly manifested than in the writings of St. Francis.” Selected Chapters from ‘The Writings of St Francis of Assisi’ CHARACTERISTICS OP' ST. FRANCIS' WRITINGS WORDS OF ADMONITION SALUTATION OF THE VIRTUES INSTRUCTION ON THE LORD'S BODY RULES OF THE FRIARS MINOR FIRST RULE OF THE FRIARS MINOR SECOND RULE OF THE FRIARS MINOR FRAGMENTS FROM THE RULE OF THE CLARES THE TESTAMENT REGULATION FOR HERMITAGES SIX LETTERS OF ST. FRANCIS TO ALL THE FAITHFUL - TO ALL THE FRIARS. - TO A CERTAIN MINISTER - TO THE RULERS OF THE PEOPLE - TO ALL THE CUSTODES - TO BROTHER LEO PRAISES AND PARAPHRASE OF THE LORD'S PRAYER SALUTATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN PRAYER TO OBTAIN DIVINE LOVE THE PRAISES OF GOD THE BLESSING OF BROTHER LEO THE CANTICLE OF THE SUN THE OFFICE OF THE PASSION