By Pamela Harr
Saint Francis of Assisi was one of my mother’s favorite saints. She cherished him for his love of people and all of God’s creatures. When I first started making sculptures in 1970, I made a cloth an clay mache’ sculpture of Saint Francis for my mother. I have it now; it sits on a shelf in my studio. This sweet image was the inspiration to create a poignant portrait of the beloved Saint in bronze.
6” high
Limited Edition of 200
$750.00
The Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant
that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love:
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning
that we are pardoned
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
The feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi is October 4.