Prayers and Readings

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Prayers in audio MP3 file format

The Canticle of the Creatures
Blessing Given To Brother Leo
St. Francis's Vocation Prayer
Antiphon to Mary
St. Francis's Prayer Praising Mary the Mother of Jesus

Prayers not with audio

St. Francis's Prayer in Praise of God (Given to Brother Leo)
Greeting of St. Francis of Assisi
A Meditation Prayer
Salutation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Prayer Inspired by the Our Father
Prayer of St. Francis Before the Blessed Sacrament
Prayer and Thanksgiving from Chapter XXIII of the Earlier Rule
Other Prayers from St. Francis

Further Franciscan Prayers and Readings

A Salutation to the Virtues
Paraphrase of "Our Father"
Praises to be said at every hour
A prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving
The Testament of Saint Francis
The Rule of St Francis - 1223

The Psalms

Psalm I
Psalm II
Psalm III
Psalm IV
Psalm V
Psalm VI
Psalm VII
Psalm VIII
Psalm IX
Psalm X
Psalm XI
Psalm XII
Psalm XIII
Psalm XIV