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| 1 My Personal Philosophy of Healing |
| Where there is faith, there is love. Where there is love, there is peace. Where there is peace, there is God. Where there is God, there is no need. Anonymous |
| Of the many individuals who have influenced my philosophy of healing, no one has inspired me more than the thirteenth-century saint, Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order of monks. The son of a wealthy Italian merchant, St. Francis renounced a life of privilege and pleasure-seeking after a religious conversion, and took up a life of prayer and selfless service to the poor. Esteemed to this day for his deep love of nature and all of God's creatureseven the humblest among themSt. Francis felt called to serve God in many ways, including eating for the sick, particularly lepers, whom he had despised prior to his conversion. |
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