These are the reflections of a Secular Franciscan. I look not only at my own spiritual journey, but also at issues of life, economic and social justice, morality, the arts, and more through the lens of Franciscan Spirituality.
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
A Little-Known Franciscan Poet - William Herebert
In early 14th-century Oxford, surrounded by some of the foremost theologians of medieval Europe, a Franciscan friar named William Herebert was writing a precious little collection of poems.
Herebert’s name is not well known today, but his poems, beautiful and distinctive in their own right, also represent an important milestone for English Catholicism: he was one of the first people to turn the Latin hymns of the Church into English poetry. ...
Read more of The Catholic Herald article here.
Always happy to find a Franciscan poet.
A nod to "Elena Maria Vidal" at Tea at Trianon for bringing this to my attention.
Pax et bonum
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