Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.

Francis of Assisi (Italian: San Francesco d'Assisi born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone but nicknamed Francesco ("the Frenchman") by his father 1181/1182 – October 3 1226) was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. ISBN 978-1-57659-127-7
Saint Francis of Assisi by John R. Main writings

Canticum Fratris Solis or Laudes Creaturarum Canticle of the Sun.

Peter's Basilica. He lived the high-spirited life typical of a wealthy young man even fighting as a soldier for Assisi. Francis of Assisi (Italian: San Francesco d'Assisi born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone but nicknamed Francesco ("the Frenchman") by his father 1181/1182 – October 3 1226) was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher.