Great Vision through the Eyesight of Francis

- Br. Anthony Kote-Witah
The Beauty of My Vision was Mesmerized by Mother Earth
This great mystery portrays Francis’ eyesight
The boundless loveliness of the Mother Earth (Ecology)
Mother earth is the thick green (wood forest) of hope
The thick green of Fonte Colombo
And La Foresta reflect the Silo of God’s gift
In this dense
The mother-earth spread-out
With her Massive generosity
Oh, what a magnificent Thick Green!
You are the graphic arts of God’s reservoir!
Out of the thick green, solitude was revealed
Absolutely!
The thick green is the shelter-cave of contemplation
Truly so, the hermitage birthplace of Francis’ vision
Out of the interior galaxy of the thick green
Flows the blue fountain zeal
The zeal that motivates vocations
The first, the second and third orders were born
It permeates the true vision of mission
And of compassionate joy
In the light of the contemplative ministry
Through welcoming hospitality of this thick green,
Divine callings are born
It charmed the route of optimism for many
In this thick-green, the true gospel became fleshly alive
For a tangible Christ-like
Out of this thick green, Francis embrace
The diligent beauty of Christ’s unconditional love
Thus, revealed the beautiful vision of his eyesight
It shows the splendor of his smile and touching empathy
Positively so,
Francis became a touchable gospel
with faithful compassion to all created things,
Including ecology, the thick green of hopefulness
In this virgin green of Greccio in Rieti Valley
Empathy blow-out wildfire of the discounted
Even wild wolf became his perfect bodyguard
He celebrated a delightful bouquet
Birds join in singing anthem of celestial melody
Lepers became his first teacher and companion
What was bitter now becomes sweeter
Unquestionably so,
This is the benchmark of transformation
That grew from the cave-rock of the thick green
With which you and I embraced