St Francis of Assisi left his mortal coil on 3 October 1226; within two years he was made a saint. He is the patron saint of ecology and the environment, and is most famous for his prayer, “Lord, make me a means of your peace“. St Francis of Assisi is honoured as a Saint and a beacon of world peace in many religions. Bishop Philip Huggins reflects on what it means to be human, to Christian – or indeed a person of any faith – and to move past the cycle of revenge into the cycle of forgiveness. Each day when the Sun rises, we can begin again, with love.
