The Little Black Hen
"St. Francis had a vision of a little black hen, whose feathers and feet were those of a dove. She had so many chicks that she couldn't gather them under her wings, and so they ran all around her, beyond her reach.
When he woke up, Francis began to think about the dream, and the Holy Spirit reveaed to him that the hen symbolized Francis himself. 'I am that hen,' he said, 'because I am small in stature and black, and because I am to be simple like a dove and fly heavenward on wings of virtue. The Lord, in his mercy, has given and will give me more children, which I could never care for by myself. I need, therefore, to surrender them to Mother Church, who will protect them and gather them under the shade of her wings.'" --Legend of the Three Companions, 63
Our dreams can just be a collection of happenings from our day, or they could very well symbolize something the Spirit within us wants us to see. When we sleep we are more receptive to the "other world" because our conscious mind is disengaged. It would do well to pay attention to our dreams and ask God to interpret them for us if it is not obvious to us.
"St. Francis had a vision of a little black hen, whose feathers and feet were those of a dove. She had so many chicks that she couldn't gather them under her wings, and so they ran all around her, beyond her reach.
When he woke up, Francis began to think about the dream, and the Holy Spirit reveaed to him that the hen symbolized Francis himself. 'I am that hen,' he said, 'because I am small in stature and black, and because I am to be simple like a dove and fly heavenward on wings of virtue. The Lord, in his mercy, has given and will give me more children, which I could never care for by myself. I need, therefore, to surrender them to Mother Church, who will protect them and gather them under the shade of her wings.'" --Legend of the Three Companions, 63
Our dreams can just be a collection of happenings from our day, or they could very well symbolize something the Spirit within us wants us to see. When we sleep we are more receptive to the "other world" because our conscious mind is disengaged. It would do well to pay attention to our dreams and ask God to interpret them for us if it is not obvious to us.
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