St. Francis's Instructions for His Death
"As soon as my soul has left the body, strip me naked, as I stripped myself before the world, and place me on the bare ground. Then leave me there for a long as it takes to walk a mile." --Writings of Leo, Rufino, and Angelo, 33d
The text does not explain why Francis requested this. Perhaps it was his body's way of returning to the earth from whence it came. His soul, he knew, would already be with God.
"As soon as my soul has left the body, strip me naked, as I stripped myself before the world, and place me on the bare ground. Then leave me there for a long as it takes to walk a mile." --Writings of Leo, Rufino, and Angelo, 33d
The text does not explain why Francis requested this. Perhaps it was his body's way of returning to the earth from whence it came. His soul, he knew, would already be with God.
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