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San Francisco de Asis.miracle of the fountain

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San Francisco de Asis
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miracle of the fountain (LM 7,12)

On one occasion Francis wanted to move to the hermitage on Mount Alverna to dedicate himself more freely to contemplation there; But, as he was already very weak, he had himself carried on the donkey of a poor peasant. It was a hot summer day. The man was climbing the mountain following the servant of Christ, and, tired by the rough and long walk, he felt faint from a burning thirst. At this he began to shout insistently behind the Saint: «Hey, I’m dying of thirst, I’ll die if I don’t immediately have something to drink for refreshment!»

Without delay, the man of God got off the little horse, and, kneeling on the ground and raising his hands to heaven, he did not stop praying until he realized that he had been heard. After finishing the prayer, he said to the man: «Run to that rock and you will find there living water, which Christ has at this moment mercifully brought out of the rock for you to drink.»

Stupendous dignity of God, who so easily condescends to the desires of his servants! The thirsty man drank the water that flowed from the stone by virtue of the Saint’s prayer and extracted the liquid from a very hard rock. There was no stream of water there before; nor, no matter how many efforts have been made, has it been possible to subsequently find
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