{"id":62574,"date":"2023-12-15T12:48:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T11:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofmconv.net\/greccio-e-i-frutti-della-notte-oscura-di-san-francesco\/"},"modified":"2023-12-15T12:50:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T11:50:17","slug":"greccio-e-i-frutti-della-notte-oscura-di-san-francesco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/greccio-e-i-frutti-della-notte-oscura-di-san-francesco\/","title":{"rendered":"Greccio and the Fruits of the Dark Night of St. Francis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In his book <em>\u201cGreccio and the Fruits of the Dark Night of St. Francis\u201d<\/em> (Messaggero Padova Press), available in Italian and Polish, Friar Zdzis\u0142aw J\u00f3zef KIJAS analyzes the event of the first nativity scene from an existential and spiritual perspective. The book has a preface by Pope Francis and a prologue by the Minister General, Friar Carlos A. TROVARELLI.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a <em>sui generis<\/em> book. Many interpretations have already been written about St. Francis\u2019 re-enactment of the nativity of Christ at Greccio in 1223, and new ones are constantly appearing. Was it worth writing yet another one? Is there still something in the re-enactment that has not been addressed or has not been addressed completely? What key should we use to better understand the mystery it hides? How can we describe Francis\u2019 spiritual and existential situation in greater depth? Eight hundred years after the first nativity scene, the author interprets the event as the moment when Francis of Assisi overcame his inner crisis, as it might be for anyone who encounters God in the humanity of Jesus.<br \/>\nThe title relies on the metaphor of the \u201cdark night\u201d to look deeper into Francis\u2019 soul as he relives the birth of Jesus at Greccio. However, the author also goes in search of Francis\u2019 other \u201cdark nights,\u201d such as when he revolutionized his life by leaving his father to become a servant of God. These two \u201cdark nights\u201d of Francis\u2019 soul are little investigated by his biographers. They are, according to the author, \u201cthe key to unlocking his very essence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Office of Communications<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his book \u201cGreccio and the Fruits of the Dark Night of St. Francis\u201d (Messaggero Padova Press), available in Italian and Polish, Friar Zdzis\u0142aw J\u00f3zef KIJAS analyzes the event of the first nativity scene from an existential and spiritual perspective. The book has a preface by Pope Francis and a prologue by the Minister General, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,148],"tags":[1722,2496],"class_list":["post-62574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ufficio-comunicazioni-en","category-news","tag-book","tag-zdzislaw-j-kijas-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}