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Praised be you, my Lord, through our Sister Mother Earth,
who sustains and governs us,
and produces diverse fruits with colorful flowers and herbs.

Saint Francis nurtured a profound connection with nature and vegetation, so much so that he ordered that space be always left for wild flowers and plants in the convent gardens. In this sculpture, the artist makes visible the eternal cycle of life, birth, decay, and renewal, celebrating the Earth's vital and generative force.
At the centre of the composition, a maternal figure intertwined with roots and flowers symbolizes the sacred bond between humanity and nature. Her body welcomes and nourishes new life, reminding us that every creature shares the same divine breath and comes from the same earth.
Here, humility manifests itself not as weakness, but as an awareness of our place in creation: close to the earth, dependent on it, and grateful for the support it offers us. The sculpture, through images of decomposition and rebirth, affirms that everything returns to the earth and that new life is born from humus, in a perpetual cycle.
The work invites the visitor to meditate on the humility of existence: it is in being close to the earth and respectful of its rhythm that we discover the greatest human dignity and harmony with the world that sustains us, a teaching that resonates profoundly in the Franciscan thought.