Service and Hospitality: Francis of Assisi: Serving the Lepers

Francis of Assisi's conversion began not with a vision or a sermon but with an act of service. He wrote in his Testament: "When I was in sin, it seemed too bitter for me to see lepers. And the Lord himself led me among them and I showed mercy to them. And when I left them, what had seemed bitter to me was turned into sweetness of soul and body."…