That's St. Francis of Assisi in the painting, patron saint of animals and the environment.
Hear our humble prayer, O God,
for our friends, the animals,
especially for those who are suffering.
We entreat for them all
Thy mercy and pity.
Excerpted from a prayer by Dr. Albert Schweitzer, theologian and medical missionary who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952, when it still counted for something.
It is a tragedy what is happening to the animals along the Gulf Coast. Thanks for posting the prayer. I hadn't heard of that one before.
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