Letter to leaders of nations
of St. Francis of Assisi (patron saint of Italy)
(Franciscan Sources, 210-213)
(Franciscan Sources, 210-213)
All power and consuls, judges and rulers everywhere, and all those who receive this letter, Brother Francis, your servant in the Lord God, small and despised, health and hope peace.
Remember and think that the day of death is approaching. I beseech you then, with respect to what I can not forget the Lord, as you are taken by the cares and worries of the world.
keep his commandments, as all those who forget the Lord and depart from his laws are cursed and will be forgotten by Him
And when the day of death, all those things that are believed to have taken away from them. And how much more will be learned and powerful in this world, the more will suffer the torments of hell.
So I advise you, gentlemen, to put aside all care and concern and devoutly receive the communion of the Holy Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in his sacred memory.
And you have to give so much honor to the Lord among the people entrusted to you, that every evening an auctioneer or other sign proclamations are made ads that praise the Lord God Almighty and thanks to all the people. And if you do this, know that you have to account to the Lord your God Jesus Christ on Judgement Day.
Those who will carry this letter and keep it, know that they are blessed by the Lord.
The Lord bless you and keep you. Show you his face and have mercy on you. Volga to you your eyes and give you peace. The Lord bless you.