{"id":118067,"date":"2026-01-10T09:53:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T07:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/francesco-di-assisi-un-seme-di-vita-eterna\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T09:56:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T07:56:20","slug":"francesco-di-assisi-un-seme-di-vita-eterna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/en\/francesco-di-assisi-un-seme-di-vita-eterna\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis of Assisi: A SEED FOR ETERNAL LIFE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>The Spiritual Legacy of a Christian Man<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In his letter to the Galatians, Saint Paul writes words that seem mysterious: \u201c<i>one who sows for the spirit will reap eternal life from the spirit<\/i>.\u201d1<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>These words were fulfilled in Francis. After welcoming the Spirit of Jesus into himself, to the point of bearing the marks of the Crucified One on his body, he himself became a seed of the Gospel filled with the fruits of eternal life.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is the precious legacy he left us. A legacy that still speaks to the hearts and minds of our generation today, helping us to believe in the Gospel, \u201c<i>to have the Spirit of the Lord and Its holy activity<\/i>.\u201d2 and to become signs of peace.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With this letter, we wish to thank the Lord for the seed of the Gospel that he planted in the Church 800 years ago and which is still alive and fruitful today. Together, we wish to recall some fundamental aspects of this Christian history. These aspects remain a legacy for all those who, following<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1yWTE4PW506Ka9LjsUZToOZz3ZobP0ZXy?usp=share_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-100168\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pdf-icon-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pdf-icon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pdf-icon-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/www.ofmcap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/pdf-icon-370x370.png 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0The Spiritual Legacy of a Christian Man In his letter to the Galatians, Saint Paul writes words that seem mysterious: \u201cone who sows for the spirit will reap eternal life&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[917,992],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news","category-official-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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