Chapter XIX That he would not the brethren should be anxious to make provision for tomorrow Aboutthe same time, when the Blessed Francis was with such brethren
Complete three-work composite: CCEL Fioretti; Salter 1904 Life and Miracles; Evans 1899 / Goretti 2025 Mirror
Chapter XIX That he would not the brethren should be anxious to make provision for tomorrow Aboutthe same time, when the Blessed Francis was with such brethren
as he then had, in so great poverty did he live with them that in all
things and throughout all they did observe the Holy Gospel to the letter, to wit, from the day that the Lord revealed unto him that he and his brethren ought to live according to the pattern of the Holy Gospel. Wherefore he forbade the brother that did the cooking for the brethren to put the herbs into hot water of an evening, as is the wont, when he was to give them the brethren to eat on the day following, so that that they might observe that word of the Holy Gospel, “Take no thought for the morrow.” And so that brother did put off setting them to be sodden until after matins, when the day was already begun whereon they should be eaten. Wherefore for a long time many brethren in many places did observe the same, having no mind to gather or receive more alms than were necessary for one day, more especially in the cities.