#st francis of assisi

[tomicscomics]

12/30/2024

And so it ends... FOR NOW?!?!?

___ AUTHOR'S NOTE: Well, it's finally over. Thanks for sticking through it with me. This series was really fun to draw, and it gave me a chance to do two things I found surprisingly fun: (1) draw several anachronistic saints interacting with each other and (2) make a bunch of RPG jokes in a religious context. To be honest, it was stressful. First off, I hardly have any time to draw these days, so committing to two comics a week was an insane thing to do, especially for the holidays. Second, I had the whole 10-part series planned out at the beginning, but then my mind was so flooded with new jokes as I went that I had to re-write and re-plan almost every week in order to keep the series to the original 10 parts. I have a ton of jokes I had to skip, but I'll keep note of them in case I revisit this concept in the future. Ultimately, I'm frayed and unsatisfied, but I enjoyed myself and learned as I went, and that about sums it up. Maybe I'll write a retrospective to post on Patreon, if I can get my thoughts in order. Anyway, once again, thank you all for indulging me in this incredibly unusual series. Tomics will return to relative normalcy soon. Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!

JOKE-OGRAPHY: 1. Continuing from the last few cartoons, an angel has been introducing a few saints to playing a tabletop roleplaying game. This series has covered them learning how to make characters, culminating in them introducing their characters and ending with the story finally about to begin. 2. Most RPG players know the struggle of trying to find a group of like-minded players, of scheduling regular sessions, and of actually making it to the end of a full campaign. Many campaigns end prematurely because the players start having interpersonal drama, or because their busy schedules just don't match up, or because the group simply gets burnt out. The end of this cartoon makes light of this earthly reality. Hypothetically, if an angel DID run an RPG campaign for some saints in heaven, they'd all be free of the all the flaws and struggles that would normally force a campaign to end prematurely.

[julesofnature]

"Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing that you have received...but only what you have given; a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice, and courage.” ~ Francis of Assisi 

[inspiredbyjesuslove]

[the-mercy-workers]

Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and an be of service to him.

St. Francis of Assisi

[ranminfan]

What to do when a wolf has been terrorizing a town you're visiting? Befriend it. 😇 🐺

St. Francis and the Wolf of Gubbio, where Francis tamed the creature to stop disrupting the villagers, in exchange to be provided with food.

Another story how this man is the patron saint of animals

[all-yourn]

[lalarose216]

MY FELLOW FANSIES LISTEN UP.

Today is the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi.

I learned today he’s the patron saint of Santa Fe AND IT’S EVEN NAMED AFTER HIM LOOK.

AND IN 92SIES DO YOU REMEMBER JACK KELLY’S REAL NAME WAS FRANCIS?!?!!?

HE’S LITERALLY NAMED AFTER HIS DREAM CITY!!!!!!

[thebestcomicbookpanels]

Marie Severin's cover rough for Marvel's St. Francis comic book

[spleenomane]

The first manuscript copy of St. Francis of Assisi's Laudes Creaturarum (Canticle of the Creatures). 13th century.

The incipit of the Canticle, on the bottom of the right page, in central italian medieval vernacular, reads:

"Altissimu omnipotente bonSignore, tue so le laude la gloria e l'honore et onne benedictione / ad te solo altissimo se konfano et nullu homo ene dignu te mentovare"

[odlnus]

St. Francis of Assisi

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[ohholydyke]

I just learned via a devotional given out by my parish that St Francis sometimes referred to his body as “Brother Ass” because he saw his body as a gift and essentially good but he also knew it was stubborn as a mule and refused to cooperate with him and I need everyone to know this immediately

[tomicscomics]

12/23/2024

To be Frank...

The saints' RPG adventure continues every Monday and Friday through December!

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JOKE-OGRAPHY: 1. Continuing from the last few cartoons, an angel is running a fantasy RPG for some saints in heaven, namely Sts. Thomas Aquinas, Joan of Arc, Francis of Assisi, and Nicholas of Myra. They're each introducing their characters now, and there's only one more to go! 2. In this cartoon, the angel asks St. Francis to introduce his character (again). Francis gives a very simple character description without much depth, which is perfectly fine for the beginning of a game, except that he hasn't given his character much of a reason to adventure. Francis proudly declares his character is very simple and uncomplicated, to which the angel merely grins and begins writing something down, presumably planning ways to complicate Francis's story for him.

[julesofnature]

"Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing that you have received...but only what you have given; a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice, and courage.” ~ Francis of Assisi 

St. Francis is known for his ministry to the poor and underprivileged, his care for nature and animals, and founding the Franciscan order. Through the lessons that can be extracted from his life, St. Francis challenges each of us to be present: to be present to ourselves, to one another, and to all of creation.

[anastpaul]

(via Saint of the Day – 17 September – The Feast of The Stigmata of St Francis of Assisi – AnaStpaul)

[the-mercy-workers]

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved, as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive, It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

St. Francis of Assisi

[andallshallbewell]