“Perhaps the most angelic of all the saints is Francis of Assisi. He has become known far and wide as the ‘Seraphic Saint,’ and within the Franciscan family he is called the ‘Seraphic Father.’ In other words, his love for Jesus was so great, so intense, so fiery that he could be compared only to that highest choir of angels.”
—Fr. John Horgan, His Angels at Our Side
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