The Reluctant Saint Page #2

of you after l'm gone?

Who's to take care of you?

Mama, don't worry. l'll find a way.

- Promise me, son.

- Anything.

Go to the monastery

with your Uncle

and live the life of a Holy Man.

What more can a mother

ask of her boy -

to know that God

watches over him,

protecting him from

the wickedness of the world.

Promise, Giuseppe.

l promise, anything.

Anything, Mother.

Francesca, perhaps you

had better rest a while.

Rest?

We are going to eat,

drink, celebrate.

This is the happiest day of my life.

Come on.

Your sister is

a remarkable woman, Father.

lf she were a man

she would be a Bishop.

She'd be the Pope.

Pride goeth before the fall.

You're not going to a ball;

you're going begging.

Father Raspi is waiting,

Your Eminence.

Where is he?

Up by the gate.

Charity and love

are capital virtues, Brother Giuseppe...

But my favorite virtue

is promptness.

Well, my brothers,

the time has come.

As l told you, today you will

begin a new spiritual experience.

You will go down

into the villages and beg.

l see there are still some doubts.

Coming from good families,

which some of you do,

it's only natural.

ls it lawful to beg?

ls it moral?

ls it good for the soul?

Well, the great St. Francis

has given us the answers.

And he tells us that it

is indeed lawful

and moral and good to solicit

alms for the monastery...

for humility's sake...

and as an antidote

against the poison of vanity.

The poison of vanity...

Fill the baskets, my brothers,

and God be with you.

One more thing...

Remember we have our own garden.

No vegetables, please.

God bless you, my friend.

Alms for St. Francis!

Alms for St. Francis!

Alms for St. Francis!

Hey! Look what l found!

Hey!

Leave it alone!

Hey!

Leave it alone!

That belongs to the monastery!

Leave it alone!

Stop!

That's enough!

Let him go!

Let's go!

Hey, boys!

How do l look?

Well done, my brothers.

Well done.

lt's good to see that Christian charity

isn't dead in the world.

Father Raspi, it was such

a rewarding experience.

Now we know what

you mean by true humility.

Praise the Lord for that.

Take them to Brother Leo.

Who is it?

Who are you?

What are you--

Your cassock...

Your sandals!

The donkey!

What happened?

Oh, Mother of Mercy.

l tell you, Father,

this man has demoralized

the entire monastery!

He's got to go back

where he came from!

Father, l beg you!

Be a little more patient!

What could Giuseppe do?

There are alleys in Lecce

where the devil himself would not go.

We should thank God

he came back alive!

Our friars have been begging

in the streets of Lecce

for three centuries, Father.

They've always been welcomed -

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