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They love everyone, including us.

They want to live following the Gospel

and ask their rules to be confirmed.

This is the life of the Gospel of Jesus

Christ, that the penitents of Assisi

The penitents must live in poverty,

love and chastity,

following the teaching

of Jesus Christ, who said:

go, sell what you have,

and give all to the poor etcetera.

Renounce yourself.

- Yes we know the Gospel, thank you.

These groups always begin

following the Gospel

in humility and poverty, then

vanity takes over!

Yes.

and before long they proclaim

themselves the true Christians,

the only Apostles,

and cover the throne

of Peter with insults.

I will guarantee against that. They have

the recommendation of their bishop,

a man of proven faith.

And I myself have observed them

for more than a month.

How can you guarantee the impossible?

What man can strip himself of everything

to live like a lamb

at the mercy of the wolves, who

are so many and so fierce?

Should we declare that it is impossible

to live the life of the Gospel?

We certainly cannot declare that!

And we should not.

Who is the leader?

Speak!

Speak. The pope is listening.

I don't know...

I'm confused.

Do you believe it's important

to dress like beggars?

It's... a first step...

dress as a new man.

Good, a fine quotation, St Paul,

epistle to Ephesians.

You were rich, now you are poor, how will

you survive in a world spoiled by sin?

The footprints.

- The footprints of Christ.

They're covered with dust! Trampled

by the prints of impostors.

"We" are not poor.

How can you love us?

Without

limitation

without judgment.

We will never try to restrain

any possible grace.

We shall see

if you are truly "new men"

then you will come back.

In nomine patris, et filii,

et spiritus sancti.

Well? Tell me.

- He gave us his blessing.

We did it!

Francesco! Francesco!

Calm! be gentle!

He can't breathe.

You're crushing him!

- Stand back!

Stop!

- Gently! Gently!

Let's lift him up!

- Don't hurt him!

No, don't do that!

Stand back!

Stand back. Please!

If the Pope or the cardinal had seen us

they wouldn't have taken us seriously.

Did anybody take us seriously?

Plenty took us seriously.

Too many perhaps.

The reason was...

- He was the reason.

You always loved him.

Yes, I did. I always will.

That goes for me too.

- "Amor... Ardor".

What?

For me he was an earthquake.

it changed everything.

Before I was a dumb ox,

and I didn't know it.

And afterwards you knew it?

Yes, I owe him a beautiful life.

"Novae gratiae...

verbum"

"Novae gratiae verbum"

The word of new grace

spread so widely,

that young men of every country

wanted to become our brothers.

We became so numerous

that it was decided we would

all gather at least one a year

for Pentecost, here in Assisi.

"Ave Maria, gratia plena, dominus

tecum, benedicitas tu in mulieribus...

et benedictus fructus ventris tui. "

"ll fault le suivre" (let's follow him)

Look!

How will I ever meet everyone?

- That one is Francesco!

How can we feed them all?

Tomorrow belong to the Lord.

- No...

Francesco!

- No! Get up!

Where are you from?

Come from Freiburg.

Pedibus, on foot.

Peace to you. And you?

- Venice.

Bologna!

- Paris!

Pedibus?

- How can I be like you?

You must announce peace.

First you must find peace in your

heart and in yourself.

You say:
"Take nothing with you. "

Do you mean stark naked?

As naked as a hand.

What's falling?

- What's going on?

Be careful!

- What's that?

Francesco! What are you doing?

- This is our house!

My brothers have no house!

- our baggage is in there!

And some provisions.

It's Francesco,

he's destroying the house.

A holy man with his own ideas!

With his poor eyesight, he could fall.

Francesco, Francesco, please!

This house belongs to the city,

which offered it to us.

We cannot accept it!

- But it's no right!

There are more delicate brother,

noblemen, scholars...

Would you have them all

sleep under the trees?

Yes! Under the trees

with the squirrels.

You should come down!

The Pope's envoy has arrived.

Nobody obligates us,

we are the brother without anything.

We do not judge those

who are above us.

All I say is that we have

chosen to be lower,

with nothing, and therefore

those without fear, free!

What do you mean

"those who have nothing?"

We've come here to come to conclusion.

We would like a program, a rule.

I believe I am expressing the general

opinion of those who protest.

The rule exists, it's the Gospel.

Brother the program

is there waiting for you.

What are you meaning

"is there waiting for us"?

Don't be absurd!

- The Gospel is a serious matter!

We want a program!

- Yes, a program!

With a rule!

- A program, we want a program!

Silence!

- Let him speak!

Brother, you take the Gospel

literally like a simpleton.

Yes, literally, like a simpleton.

Brother, you're an intelligent man,

aren't you?

At the university I studied "grammaticam

divinitatem et legem"

By any chance, did you have a fellow

student by the name of Jesus of Nazareth?

What do you mean?

You are the one who studied.

Learned brothers,

you know how to speak.

I am so low.

That I mingle with the dirt.

I know nothing.

I've been only able to listen.

To listen, listen.

And finally I have succeeded

in hearing these words.

"Blessed are the poor"

and blessed are those who weep.

For they shall laugh.

And blessed are those who have

something to laugh about!

This is a farce!

Be quiet!

- Brothers! Let Francesco speak!

Sometimes I laugh instead of crying.

I have heard also this:

Woe to you when everyone

speak well of you!

Bless those who insult you,

and love your enemies.

Really love them, embrace them.

There is no great merit in loving

those who already love you.

Do not judge.

Who are we to judge anyone?

Besides our Father's mercy

is beyond knowing.

Forgive, ten times,

even a thousand times.

And most of all,

give, give, always give!

Give what? We have nothing to give.

- That's right!

He won't allow us to have anything.

- Be quiet! He hasn't finished!

Father, I am blind.

Can a blind man lead other blind men?

We can't do anything, Francesco

keeps on telling us, don't judge.

Don't take offices.

No buildings and so on.

Francesco has the uprightness of a hero.

- Of a saint, let's face it!

But not everyone can be like him.

Without a serious rule, all the

people who want to join us will become

a group of wanderers, instead of

an army that serves the church.

Our community is getting so

wide that it can't be controlled

just by his inspiration.

Francesco accepts anybody.

If someone wants to leave he can do that

in fact a lot of people come and go.

We don't have any disciplinary rule.

He lives from hand to mouth.

He has no theological qualification,

he can't control a religious order.

But his ardour and his

obedience to the Church

make of him a very precious man.

Sure, but our movement

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