Saint Francis Of Assisi?

Question

Anyone know any prayers TO saint francis. NOT:
O Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace!
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is discord, harmony;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light, and
Where there is sorrow, joy.
Oh 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."

please help me. Thank you!

Anyone know any prayers TO saint francis. NOT:
O Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace!
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is discord, harmony;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light, and
Where there is sorrow, joy.
Oh 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."

please help me. Thank you!
its for a scool project

Answer 1

Gentle St. Francis, you were so devoted to the humanity of Christ. Your heart burst with appreciation toward God for taking on human life. You saw beauty and goodness in all living things - in birds that sing, the fish that fill our waters, and all that lives in nature.

Help us to imitate your reverence for life wherever it may be. Especially, humble Francis of Assisi, help us to help others to see the worth of each living, unborn baby sheltered in its mother's womb.

May all people have the grace to understand that these tiny, budding lives have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Answer 2

This is from the Byzantine Rite:

Troparion, Tone 3: In you, O Father Francis, has been preserved without defect the image of Christ our God. Having shown us the poverty of Christ, you have not left us orphaned in your death. Pray without ceasing for us all!

Kontakion, Tone 3: You are a catholic man and an apostle of Christ's church, O holy Francis, beloved of Christ God. By your example you taught us to honor the priests of the Lord. You loved the cross of Christ exceedingly, and asked to be praised in it alone. Therefore was the world crucified to you and you to the world. By your prayers, then, deign that we too may stand at the right side of God at the day of judgment.

Answer 3

Preaching the Gospel without words, is impossible. Romans 10:17. So I believe the Bible and not man. Asceticism does nothing, as Colossians chapter 2 explains.

Answer 4

Canticle of Brother Sun and Sister Moon of St. Francis of Assisi

Most High, all-powerful, all-good Lord, All praise is Yours, all glory, all honour and all blessings.

To you alone, Most High, do they belong, and no mortal lips are worthy to pronounce Your Name.

Praised be You my Lord with all Your creatures,
especially Sir Brother Sun,
Who is the day through whom You give us light.
And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendour,
Of You Most High, he bears the likeness.

Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars,
In the heavens you have made them bright, precious and fair.

Praised be You, my Lord, through Brothers Wind and Air,
And fair and stormy, all weather's moods,
by which You cherish all that You have made.

Praised be You my Lord through Sister Water,
So useful, humble, precious and pure.

Praised be You my Lord through Brother Fire,
through whom You light the night and he is beautiful and playful and robust and strong.

Praised be You my Lord through our Sister,
Mother Earth
who sustains and governs us,
producing varied fruits with coloured flowers and herbs.
Praise be You my Lord through those who grant pardon for love of You and bear sickness and trial.

Blessed are those who endure in peace, By You Most High, they will be crowned.

Praised be You, my Lord through Sister Death,
from whom no-one living can escape. Woe to those who die in mortal sin! Blessed are they She finds doing Your Will.

No second death can do them harm. Praise and bless my Lord and give Him thanks,
And serve Him with great humility.

Answer 5

That is not a pray *to* St. Francis, that is the prayer *of* St. Francis. Just talk to him like anyone else. I talk to St. Scholastica when I need a parking space and get one every time. I just ask her to pray for me. And for all of you Fundamentalist reading this, we do not pray TO the Saint to do it, we ask the Saints to pray an intercessory prayer for us.

Answer 6

I thought that St. Francis was the St. of animals or something.

Answer 7

St Francis prayed TO God. why not follow his example?

Answer 8

Nope. Have you ever read "angela's ashes" by frank mccourt? it's a autobiography by an irish boy from the depression era who was named for st. francis of assisi.

Answer 9

Isn't that worshipping a false idol. St. Francis is not god.

Answer 10

Just pray to God! No pre-written prayer is needed - just talk to Him as you would a friend!

God bless!