Little Flowers of St. Francis: The Life of Friar Juniper: Chapter XIV. Of the hand which Friar Juniper saw in the air
The Little Flowers of St. Francis, tr. by W. Heywood, [1906]
Of the hand which Friar Juniper saw in the air
ONCE, when Friar Juniper was praying, and peradventure thinking too highly of himself, it seemed to him that he saw a hand in the air, and heard a voice with his bodily ears, which spake unto him after this manner: "O Friar Juniper, with this hand thou canst do nothing". Whereat he forthwith rose up, and, having lifted up and turned his eyes toward heaven, he cried in a loud voice, as he ran through the convent: "Indeed it is true, indeed it is true". And this he kept on repeating for a long time.