"Be loved by God" A message from Saint Francis

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Last Saturday, I was in Saint Francis's Catholic church in the city, in Melbourne here, in Australia. I saw a statue of Saint Francis of Assisi in the church, and I asked him for a blessing. I knelt down on the knee resting pad, which is provided for parishioners to use, and which one is located, behind each row of wooden seats. Then, I heard him say very clearly, and distinctly, to me, "I am you, and you are I, but I am not greater than you. Be loved by God." Yes, we are all loved by God, and we are all each other within God, so he is right, I late thought to myself. Saint Francis is me, I am he, and no soul is greater than any other soul, fundamentally so. "Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love." This is a great Saint Francis of Assisi (1182 to 1226) quote. This is not to say that we should not seek God's love though, because we should seek God's love, to find it. This sentiment comes from this most comforting of Bible Verses, that is found in Saint Matthew's gospel, chapter 7, verse 7. "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." So yes, seek and you will find, but having once found, do not hoard it up as an empty stone in your breast to carry along with you, give each blessing of God's love to you back out to others, as love, as well. Photo Credit: The photo used here was freely sourced from the free media site: pixabay.com. I felt at a very deep level, that Saint Francis's soul itself, was talking to me, and that he gave me this message.