This was my Contemplative Art post for 23rd August 2025
St. Dominic and St. Francis of Assisi in London
This majolica dates to the Victorian age and depicts St. Dominic (L) greeting St. Francis of Assisi (R). it can be found just outside the grotto of St. Francis at All Hallows by the Tower church in London.
St. Dominic and St. Francis are coeval but it is not known that they ever met. What a meeting it would have been had they done so! The two represent two very different strands of the Faith - intellectual and love of creation - but are completely united by their love for Jesus. That alone would have given them much to talk and pray about together. The thought of it is very pleasing. But I wonder, which two (or more) saints would you have liked to see together? What might they have talked about? As well as Dominic and Francis, and following on from my previous post, I would have loved to see John Henry Newman and Thérèse of Lisieux together, and to see them discuss the different ideas of community that they learnt from being an Oratorian and Discalced Carmelite.
St. Francis - Pray for Us
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