Yeah, on that question of this stigmata visions, I'm sort of unclear on this was this stigmata like

literal wounds or was it a vision that he had that he had the wounds?

Well, it's a it's a vision of

the the

Seraphic angel when he was contemplating Christ in this his own retreat on Mount

Alverna and then after the vision he receives he I mean or during the vision he receives a physical

manifestation of having spiritually absorbed and connected with

You know Christ so that it manifested physically into the actual womb. Of course, you know

these are stories that people will dispute are they real and all that but I mean there are testimonies from the time that people believed

and that he himself he tried to keep it a little secret and stuff and suffered under but his close companions

After he had this vision on Mount Alverna knew that there had been some transformation that had happened mystically speaking and

Then you know there was this like sort of evidence of the the wounds the stigmata that he still had you know to his death

Basically, and that's five wounds that's handsfeeds and that's right one great

Exactly exactly. That's right. Yeah

Hello everybody and welcome back to Rev. Left Radio on today's episode

I'm very excited to share with you my conversation with the one and only

Audon who's saying about the life and legacy of St. Francis of a CC

St. Francis many of you probably are at least somewhat aware of him. You've probably seen a statue of him

We also have lots of places like San Francisco named after him

numerous churches parishes etc

So you'll probably be familiar with the figure and more than that you'll probably know that

St. Francis was the patron saint of ecology and he's often portrayed next to birds and wolves and deer etc

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