A Special Law for Christmas
"If I ever have the opportunity to talk with the emperor, I'll beg him, for the love of God and me, to enact a special law: No one is to capture or kill our sisters the larks or do them any harm. Furthermore, all mayors and lords of castles and towns are required each year on Christmas Day to order their subjects to scatter wheat and other grain on the roads outside the walls so that our sisters the larks and other birds might have something to eat on so festive a day. And on Christmas Eve, out of reverence for the Son of God, whom on that night the Virgin Mary placed in a manger between the ox and the ass, anyone having an ox or an ass is to feed it a generous portion of choice fodder. And on Christmas Day the rich are to give the poor the finest food in abundance." --Mirror of Perfection, 114
Francis's concern for God's creatures and for the poor was year-long. This special concern at Christmas was to emphasize the son of God coming into the world. It is truly a time to celebrate!
"If I ever have the opportunity to talk with the emperor, I'll beg him, for the love of God and me, to enact a special law: No one is to capture or kill our sisters the larks or do them any harm. Furthermore, all mayors and lords of castles and towns are required each year on Christmas Day to order their subjects to scatter wheat and other grain on the roads outside the walls so that our sisters the larks and other birds might have something to eat on so festive a day. And on Christmas Eve, out of reverence for the Son of God, whom on that night the Virgin Mary placed in a manger between the ox and the ass, anyone having an ox or an ass is to feed it a generous portion of choice fodder. And on Christmas Day the rich are to give the poor the finest food in abundance." --Mirror of Perfection, 114
Francis's concern for God's creatures and for the poor was year-long. This special concern at Christmas was to emphasize the son of God coming into the world. It is truly a time to celebrate!
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