Francis Bernardone, the founder of the three Franciscan Orders, was born at Assisi, Italy in 1181. He came from a rich family but left his luxurious home to become a humble friar, living the Gospel in the spirit of the Lord Jesus.
A brief story of Mary’s Life…. All alone, Anne went into the garden and sat down beneath the laurel tree. Looking toward the heavens, she saw a nest of sparrows in the tree. Fresh tears welled up in her eyes. How she longed to have a child of her own. Anne entreated the Lord, saying” [...]
St. Anne we have no certain knowledge. She is not mentioned in the New Testament, and we must depend on apocryphal literature, chiefly the Protoevangelium of James, which dates back only to the second century.
St. Joachim was a man of Galilee, husband of Anne, and both he and Anne were in the decline of life when Mary was born. Tradition says that while Joachim was away from home he had a vision that Anne was to be blessed with a child, and that on his return home, his [...]
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