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De Fioretti

door St. Francis of Assisi

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This collection of folk tales, legends, and narratives about the life of Francis of Assisi and his followers appeared about seventy-five years after the saint's death, in the early fourteenth century. The writings have remained popular ever since due to their beauty and charm, and because they are the nearest thing to a biography of Francis that exists. They are the source of many of the most famous stories about Francis--including the accounts of his preaching to the birds and of his receiving of the stigmata--and they are based on stories that circulated about him in the years after his death. Robert Hopcke and Paul Schwartz provide the first truly new translation of the Fioretti in forty years, and in doing so they bring the spiritual classic up to date, using contemporary language to show Francis to be a living, breathing human being who walked the streets of Assisi in a state of spiritual, physical, and social enlightenment, through his own existence making Christ real in the world. The translators have also edited the work to present the stories that most powerfully present Francis's spirit and teaching.… (meer)
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Ecco qualche ulteriore approfondimento sui “fioretti” di San Francesco da una prospettiva laica:

Consapevolezza ecologica: i fioretti sottolineano il profondo legame di San Francesco con la natura e il suo riconoscimento del valore intrinseco di tutti gli esseri viventi. Dalla predicazione agli uccelli al suo amore per gli animali, San Francesco ci insegna l'importanza della gestione ambientale e di un rapporto armonioso con il mondo naturale. Questa consapevolezza ecologica è rilevante e preziosa nel contesto odierno, mentre affrontiamo pressanti sfide ambientali e la necessità di una vita sostenibile.

Nonviolenza e compassione: l'approccio di San Francesco al lupo di Gubbio esemplifica il potere della nonviolenza e della compassione. Invece di ricorrere all’aggressività o alla paura, scelse di avvicinarsi al lupo con amore e comprensione. Questa storia serve a ricordare senza tempo che l’empatia e le soluzioni pacifiche possono portare a profonde trasformazioni, anche di fronte a conflitti apparentemente insormontabili.

Interconnessione: i fioretti evidenziano l'interconnessione di tutte le forme di vita. San Francesco si considerava parte di un più ampio arazzo dell’esistenza, dove ogni creatura ha il suo posto e il suo scopo. Questo riconoscimento della nostra interconnessione può ispirarci a coltivare un senso di responsabilità e di cura gli uni per gli altri, così come per l’ambiente che condividiamo.

Semplicità e distacco: San Francesco abbracciò una vita di semplicità e distacco dai beni materiali. La sua attenzione alla ricchezza spirituale e alla realizzazione interiore piuttosto che all’accumulo materiale è in sintonia con un pubblico laico che cerca un significato oltre il consumismo. I fioretti ci incoraggiano a riflettere sul proprio rapporto con i beni materiali e a considerare l'importanza di trovare appagamento nella semplicità.

Valori universali: sebbene i fioretti provengano da un contesto cristiano, i valori sottostanti che trasmettono, come amore, compassione, rispetto e armonia, sono universali. Trascendono i confini religiosi e possono entrare in risonanza con individui di diverse convinzioni o senza alcuna affiliazione religiosa specifica. Le storie di San Francesco possono servire come fonte di ispirazione per chiunque cerchi di condurre una vita più etica, compassionevole e consapevole.

Esplorando i fioretti di San Francesco da una prospettiva secolare, possiamo scoprire una saggezza senza tempo che può arricchire le nostre vite, favorire una connessione più profonda con la natura e promuovere una società più inclusiva e compassionevole. Indipendentemente dalle nostre convinzioni personali, le lezioni derivate da queste storie possono ispirarci a vivere con maggiore empatia e rispetto per il mondo che ci circonda. ( )
  AntonioGallo | Oct 4, 2023 |
I bought this because, standing there in the second-hand bookshop, I couldn’t work out what the nature of the text was. My curiosity would have been satisfied if I’d spotted the endnote. It turns out it’s a Medieval amalgamation of various texts, stitched together by a later editor. There’s a fair bit about it on Wikipedia if you’re interested, all of which makes it sound like a bit of a mess. That couldn’t be further from the truth. Whoever edited it together was some sort of genius.

The text as we have it is a collection of short chapters, mostly two or three pages long. Each tells a story either about St. Francis or various early Franciscan monks. Each story exemplifies a thoughtworthy point. The stories are fantastical, full of miracles. There’s little here that you could use for a biography of Francis, but it is a window into what Franciscans at the time believed about him. The section on the stigmata is particularly interesting in this regard. Here St Francis is portrayed as a second Christ, a living God, and after death, a psychopomp with powers of judgement over the dead. How did they avoid being killed as heretics? I don’t know enough about the period to answer that.

It made me consider the reliability of any written historical information from any dead culture. We have a clear dividing line between what we consider possible or impossible, but we cannot simply exclude the miracles and accept the remainder as history because the writers too had a clear dividing line. Their possible clearly differs from ours and includes the miraculous, but that doesn’t mean the remainder is true just because it happens to coincide with our possible. Imagine a testimony from the past that happens not to cross the line into our concept of the impossible. We might take it as a reliable historical account, yet to someone from that culture it might contain the most egregious series of improbabilities. But after all, what is history but a story we tell ourselves about the past?

Anyhow, I read the first 50 or 60 pages straight through like normal book and then, quite organically, my approach changed and I took to reading a chapter here, a chapter there as I had a quiet moment. Because no matter how strange the writers’ view of the universe and their mode of expressing themselves, the points they raise are worthy of contemplation. I think it would be a stretch to describe a hoary old sinner like me as reading anything in a devotional manner, but I can completely see why people are still using this book in this way nearly 700 years later. ( )
1 stem Lukerik | Jun 28, 2020 |
A very delightful little book, food for my soul. While this is definitely not for everyone, I found the air of innocent faith that breathed through these tales of St. Francis and his companions to be absolutely inspiring. The only reason I don't give it five stars is because the translator of this particular edition (Jon M. Sweeney) chose to use some jarring anachronisms, like the word "okay." Otherwise, the translation was very readable: simple, even child-like, a style which well fitted the atmosphere of the tales. ( )
  TheJaredFrancis | Jun 23, 2019 |
I FÍORETTI DI SAN FRANCESCO

Traduzione di un anonimo in bel volgare toscano
della fine del XIV secolo, degli "Actus beati Fran-
cisci et sociorum eius", i “Fioretti" sono il piu
amabile e caro libro del nostro Medioevo
francescano. "Fioretti" vuol dire antologia dei fatti e
dei miracoli della vita di san Francesco e dei suoí
compagni, piccoli fiori di una vasta letteratura
fiorita nel primo secolo di vita francescana. Sono
pagine edificanti, lettura spirituale, messaggio
religioso; anche se il libretto, dal punto di vista
formale, raggiunge quasi costantemente le altezze
dell'opera d'arte, per il suo valore squisitamente
poetico. Per questo i "Fioretti" sono sempre stati
popolarissimi come lettura edificante e - dall'800
in poi sono apprezzati, commentati ed esaltati
come grande opera letteraria dai critici e dai puristi,
anzi come vero "poema in prosa", che con le
sue fresche pagine ispirate alla fede, in secoli di
violenze e miserie senza nome, influi efficacemente
a rinnovare lo spirito evangelico rivissuto da
Francesco per dar cosi l'esempio e l'incentivo per
la formazione di una società nuova.
  FundacionRosacruz | Jan 6, 2018 |
St. Francis walked the earth at the turn of the twelfth century. In the later half of the fourteenth century, this book of stories about his life was published.

The stories are (literally) the stuff of legends. This is where we hear that St. Francis preached to the birds (although I think his evangelism and discipleship of a wolf was much more exciting). This is where we learn of the stigmata St. Francis was blessed with. Here we learn how St. Clare blessed a loaf of bread only to see the sign of the cross on every slice.

What I found most interesting about these stories was not that their creation or collection, but what they reveal about the mindset of the Christians of those centuries. While I found some elements inspiring, I was also saddened by misguided theology. I want to end with the positive, so let's start with the bad.

The Bad

St. Francis and his followers were gripped with the idea of penance and mortification in a very physical way. Chapter 3 provides a good example. One day St. Francis lamented that his companion, Friar Bernard, didn't answer him when he called three times. God proceeded to tell St. Francis that Friar Bernard was busy in Divine communion, so he could not answer anyone on the creaturely plane. Overwhelmingly upset with himself for his frustration with Friar Bernard, St. Francis found his companion, threw himself down before him, and said,

"I command you in the name of holy obedience that, to punish my presumption and the arrogance of my heart, when now I shall cast myself down on my back on the earth, you shall set one foot on my throat and the other on my mouth and so pass over me three times, from one side to the other, crying shame and infamy upon me, and especially say to me: 'Lie there, you churl, son of Peter Bernardone, whence have you so much pride, you who are a most abject creature" (9)?

The Christians of this era seemed to take a perverse joy in being abused. This attitude is miles removed from Jesus' words to sinner caught in the act: "I don't condemn you ... Go home, and from now on don't sin any more" (John 8:11 NIV). Instead of hearing Jesus' words of forgiveness, they chose their own self-punishment.

The Good

The inspiring part of this collection of stories can be seen in the same story: they took their sin seriously. If there was a tendency in their culture to overemphasize the most minute attitude of the heart and take matters into their own hands, there is a tendency in ours to ignore all sin and continue living like nothing is wrong. St. Francis and his followers recognized the diverse ways that pride can infect a community and did everything they could to resist it.

While I firmly believe that every Christ-follower should be rightly called, "saint," it's clear why the Roman church set some Christians apart as shining examples. ( )
  StephenBarkley | Oct 20, 2014 |
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This collection of folk tales, legends, and narratives about the life of Francis of Assisi and his followers appeared about seventy-five years after the saint's death, in the early fourteenth century. The writings have remained popular ever since due to their beauty and charm, and because they are the nearest thing to a biography of Francis that exists. They are the source of many of the most famous stories about Francis--including the accounts of his preaching to the birds and of his receiving of the stigmata--and they are based on stories that circulated about him in the years after his death. Robert Hopcke and Paul Schwartz provide the first truly new translation of the Fioretti in forty years, and in doing so they bring the spiritual classic up to date, using contemporary language to show Francis to be a living, breathing human being who walked the streets of Assisi in a state of spiritual, physical, and social enlightenment, through his own existence making Christ real in the world. The translators have also edited the work to present the stories that most powerfully present Francis's spirit and teaching.

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