About this episode

Fr Peter George Flynn discusses stories of animals that showed reverence for the Eucharist, particularly in the life of St Francis.

Fr Peter George Flynn presents an episode on animals and the Eucharist — stories of creatures that showed reverence for the Blessed Sacrament in the life of St Francis, timed for Corpus Christi. Among them: a sheep that knelt at every elevation of the host, and an old Irish story about a swarm of bees […]

Topics covered

• Eucharist
• animals
• reverence
• St Francis
• Corpus Christi
• spirituality

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