La Verna
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Oct 4, 2026
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Francis, go and repair my church that is falling apart." To the point when St.
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Francis went two years before his death on Mount La Verna, and the crucifix spoke to him once again, but now silently.
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By impressing in his flesh the signs of the passion and death of our Lord, the stigmata of Jesus Christ, from the cross to the cross, from Jesus crucified to Jesus crucified.
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This is the pathway of St. Francis.
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He was crucified without having anything, just a habit, sackcloth, with a rope as a cincture.
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Nothing else.
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But in that moment on Mount La Verna, as Jesus, he could also say, "My God and my all.
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Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit.
Penny LordNARRATOR
Francis held a deep reverence for the Eucharist, urged care for churches, and saw all creation as a gift that pointed to its Creator.
Penny LordNARRATOR
Near the end of his life, while praying on Mount La Verna in 1224, he received the stigmata, the wounds of Christ.
Penny LordNARRATOR
He died in 1226. leaving a witness that still invites Cathotholics to love Jesus with simplicity and courage.
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What miracles are attributed to St. Francis of Assisi? The stories surrounding St.
Penny LordNARRATOR
The account appears in the little flowers of St. Francis, a later collection, so it is best understood as a cherished Franciscan tradition.
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rather than a well-documented event from his lifetime.
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The Stigmata at La Verna In 1224, while praying on Mount La Verna, Francis received the stigmata, the marks of Christ's wounds, according to early Franciscan accounts.
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He lived with them for the final two years of his life.
William AlbrechtHOST
Two years before his death, St. Francis underwent an incredible mystical experience.
William AlbrechtHOST
In September 1224, while praying at Mount La Verna, he received the stigmata.
William AlbrechtHOST
The wounds of Christ appeared upon his body.
William AlbrechtHOST
Now, we have early sources, including Thomas de Celano, his first Life of St. Francis.
Nina HirlaenderHOST
But angel sightings did not stop when the Bible ended.
Nina HirlaenderHOST
In September 2024, on a mountain called La Verna in Tuscany, Francis of Assisi is deep in a 40-day fast when he sees a seraph, a six-winged blazing angel, descending toward him in the dawning light.
Nina HirlaenderHOST
And out of that vision, his body receives the wounds of Christ, which is the first widely recorded case of the stigmata in history.
Nina HirlaenderHOST
Then three centuries later, in Spain, Teresa of Avila describes an angel of fire beside her.
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Now the seraphic doctor, when you looked at him, he kind of represented Jesus, but in a very particular way.
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Two years prior to his death, he received in a monastery now known as the Monastery of La Verna, the stigmata.
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Hematohidrosis is the technical medical term, bloody sweat.
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But in his case, he truly started to show us what it means to be a follower of Jesus.
Richard BoyleHOST
He was physically exhausted, often sick, and worried that the movement he had begun was becoming something much bigger and more complicated than he had ever intended, so he went somewhere quiet.
Richard BoyleHOST
Francis withdrew to Mount La Verna, a rugged mountain retreat in Tuscany, to spend several weeks fasting and praying in preparation for the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel.
Richard BoyleHOST
According to the earliest Franciscan accounts, Francis prayed for two particular graces before his death, to understand something of the love Christ experienced during his passion and something of the suffering he endured on the cross.
Richard BoyleHOST
Then came the vision.
William AlbrechtHOST
And in a moment, we're gonna go to the break.
William AlbrechtHOST
And when we return from the break, we're going to talk about the famous account that occurred at La Verna.
William AlbrechtHOST
We're gonna talk about when he received the stigmata the amazing historical account, the incredible evidence that we have, and indeed we have plenty of evidence.
William AlbrechtHOST
And you don't want to go anywhere, baseball.
William AlbrechtHOST
And going over all of the language of apparitions, of appearances, forgive me, not apparitions like a saintly apparition, but of appearances of the marks of the stigmata on people.
William AlbrechtHOST
Now, we want to turn our attention to, that's correct.
William AlbrechtHOST
to the amazing events, the amazing account at La Verna.
William AlbrechtHOST
And it happened in September 12, 24, about two years after Francis died.