{"id":1712,"date":"2017-09-21T06:55:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T06:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1712"},"modified":"2025-09-29T18:06:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T18:06:03","slug":"francis-of-assisi-feast-day-coming-up-heres-a-novena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1712","title":{"rendered":"Francis of Assisi Feast Day coming up &#8211; here&#8217;s a novena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e201bb09c303e7970d-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Francis oldest image\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d834525a2f69e201bb09c303e7970d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e201bb09c303e7970d-200wi\" style=\"width: 160px;\" title=\"Francis oldest image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course one of the all-time popular Saints &#8211; a great mystic. his Feast Day is October 4th and I came across a novena to him that begins on September 25th. It&#39;s going on my calendar.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #375d63;\">Starting on September 25 and ending on October 3, Pat McCloskey, OFM, Franciscan Editor of&#0160;<a href=\"http:\/\/email.franciscanmedia.org\/e1t\/c\/*Vv8VJ34R8zPBW7zMShc6jdc4K0\/*W638S692wHmqNW4zWQnj1bTCJj0\/5\/f18dQhb0SbTL8XJ8dWW7TwkwQ5D47MtW234zjH1Dq5Q6Vt3Y5z1pmLP4W5q9kQw8CtFrQW8pGbj_1nP03_VQKk4P8p6tHMW1qPxjr63m_HmW8v2Z413J3WTNN8BtSyxTHs4SW65HMDk5wL96LW1sL3M03MybvyMf0w69ZvX6fW6vXx7z3TlxN4W19ZlMW3RyfvPW36Xxc05rcZX1W2-294g5J0bHmW1y75nT6QpDd2W31FQ6549WVtrW3VVg177k6F_jN1p1rmQXRj-PW3_8mpl9fgwMTW4gF3774BwSt1W1zs6dP8hyyMWW82KRH55K1pHhW30VrLf8ggrxBW31jhK35pfvQPW2rLzjf2ts1TPW128jN630nV0CVtLlQb8T0bX5W8SBLgF5pPNCBW75fwc46X-XbxW57jP2t32GhfvW55R-yB11rW4MW49kGtk2kLczPW75SM8973R1h2W224l1f6Jm3BBW6vN_Z32jT2zfW2j-Sgt2LdjVlW8kR0nD9kjVv5W81z6gJ3x-knDW4HdF8F4lz9N9W79Rvm36qwyvZW1NwBMn1MVsRjLTDz9zmR5v103\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" target=\"_blank\"><em>St. Anthony Messenger<\/em><\/a>&#0160;and the author of the popular book&#0160;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/email.franciscanmedia.org\/e1t\/c\/*Vv8VJ34R8zPBW7zMShc6jdc4K0\/*W308nJn7FZ9rvW6Q1f8H8j8Y7t0\/5\/f18dQhb0S1Wd73nhHyLvRTrb1J44N62RsXF8q-HwW3-0cf41frdMCN7-8Ql_HN7ThN1NXRy7YXmFxW3M2qcr4GJKZnW15xLPl1DhMl7W1wRLnt4FKT6MW2MYdW58mLGcBW8Q_CG34P7CjtW31Lbv43vDX6VW5Fpcx44c6kgDW92pDqp7rV4R6MGMvlz2fd5hW4MFqGn4TD7Y2W3ZrDsZ19r9pLW4Wsyxx95yLFdVgVgP24ScXpFW97sCbH5-HJRHN6G_KQK1dRZYW7JwQsg3_5mBTW3SmGwr5sHxZwW6YBKFV6hN94QW3SnhdZ2RGJ0dW5NQTZQ1gN-q_W7_j_tM5NP2HdW4C26BM2qJ8XPW31F6KB6x2mDwW2RchmP10tmlrW3qpx9Y8-_G0YW8Jj2--8020mRW25BNFX5ZNHq0W5-_nRc6jSMXfW3rknPz7cVSzcW6THrR64Lk_hdW6F5v1Z4pYJb9W5xM3642j9b0rW6hkqLy6d8sL-N3FfMlrcTPGnW4skpbd7R3kVTW7XlL-t375s7kW3scX2K4Tr6g7W5h2hq86zkJpzW2dhNGs955ZJyW1MpqJX70GCFwW8Nqt5c196dwwW2MCgJY6Pvc5nW4q6gcX4WDV5fW5Z548054gmsn0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" target=\"_blank\">Peace and Good: Through the Year with Francis of Assisi<\/a><\/em>, will feature nine prayers from Francis himself. Friar Pat also provides thoughtful&#0160;reflections on those prayers, which are sure to deepen your Franciscan spirit!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">&#0160;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #375d63;\">You can sign up to receive these prayers each day in your email by&#0160;<a href=\"http:\/\/email.franciscanmedia.org\/e1t\/c\/*Vv8VJ34R8zPBW7zMShc6jdc4K0\/*W5wKnG27yp8k-W83xcsD4D8H0F0\/5\/f18dQhb0Sq5v4fpqJNW1p9p455H0XxdW2Qy3TH2R1hMMW6Dk5Tq1SrC8dVM7Yn33Q0gBmW8CZ5tG8q5dpCW1rfXqp64QZ82W8BtbzD8DyMRxW7C_QT_1D9xmmW2JmR3G7qWC8yW2Nm-kV7mHF3-W7sTjsd2Qy-dfW1KnfGB1Sx07sW4hcWSx1JRphlW7JWhzW3nD4qrW5Y46-41tmXX4W5-2t5m20WxtkW36LsP_5-12FPW31FQ6549WVtrW3VVg177k1GhMN1p1rmQYSX-5W7m_B1R5c8d-SW378fj58dPRYlW2V4y4N5vYJHpW6ZHv8X15r5TqVRrJzq5tXg-kW6NhbJm8p0_CvW8L3q_C5vh74SW41kxWD7d28_3W50XG8y2HPwdfW1n8vzf3Mw84tW8r2Xmm42nL3GW7Y94YP643z7QW2pKQD36p4CC9W1Ffhs87PwFh7W73yL5g72zrXTW712jpZ7cpMdTW5vFZlM5B7vlQW5L1tSq19rcTfW7gxWgr79J-03W8qG9St1vhgwWW86wWjT4C4jzCW2-BmSb6Zzm9GMNDyx-tS5X6V10BK43C5v_l103\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" target=\"_blank\">clicking here<\/a>.&#0160;That&#39;s all there is to it!&#0160;<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#0160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of course one of the all-time popular Saints &#8211; a great mystic. his Feast Day is October 4th and I came across a novena to him that begins on September 25th. It&#39;s going on my calendar. 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