The Franciscan Tau

 Wednesday of the Nineteenth week in ordinary time (A)

The origin of the Tau

But do not touch any marked with the “Thau” (Ez 9:1-7)

The Tau is the sign placed upon the foreheads of the poor of Israel, it saves them from extermination.

Saint Francis of Assisi took hold of this sign in a manner so complete and intense that, at the end of his life and through the stigmata impressed in his flesh he became the living image of the Tau that he had so often contemplated, drawn, and especially loved.

We Franciscans receive and put on this tau as a heritage and sign of Christ's love and ours for him. 

Through his intercession, may we be delivered from every harm and danger. Amen

Good morning. Have a nice day

Gerald Nwogueze OFMCap