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Caput Draconis [The Dragon’s Head]
(Author: Gregory IX)
- Last of the evil dragon’s heads,
Holding aloft its vengeful sword,
Against God’s people now stirred up
The seventh of its savage wars. - Against the skies it took its stand
And strove mightily to drag down
The greatest portion of the stars,
To match the number of the damned. - But yet, from Christ’s own side was sent
A legate with a mission new,
Upon whose holy body marked
The ensign of the Cross was seen. - Protected by the shield of faith,
And helmeted with hope 1 Thes 5:8, he bore
The sword of the Word, and for belt
He was girded with chastity. 2 Kgs 1:8 - Francis, chieftain of great renown,
Carried the regal banner forth,
Assembled a council of war
To move throughout the whole wide world
Against the rifts the dragon wrought. - He marshaled three full battle-lines
Of soldiers readied for action,a
To put to flight and rout that force
And that threefold demonic band
The dragon ever kept at strength. Rv 16:13 - On the King’s orders he hastened
To those joys that last for ever;
Saint Francis putting in his claim
For his well-earned soldier’s wages. - Bequeath to us, kindest Father,
The grace our father had from You;
So may the sons he fathered be
Partakers of his glory too. Amen.
- The three Orders of the Franciscan Family