MOST HIGH, GLORIOUS GOOD GOD
GIVE LIGHT TO THE DARKNESS OF MY HEART
GIVE ME
RIGHT FAITH
CERTAIN HOPE
PROFOUND HUMILITY AND
PERFECT CHARITY.
GIVE ME
INSIGHT and WISDOM
SO I MIGHT ALWAYS DISCERN YOUR HOLY AND TRUE WILL.
My dear sisters and brothers in Sts. Francis,
May God give to each of you peace of mind, heart, soul and spirit!
Of all of the prayers attributed to our Holy Father St. Francis, the one quoted above may be the most perfect of all because it provides us with a blueprint for a perfect life. This prayer is a prayer for TRANSFORMATION. Unfortunately, in its various translations, the request for profound humility has been omitted.
As Secular Franciscans, we have been all about FORMATION through the texts we have used and the manuals we have written. Good as these resources are, if we are not about transformation, then all of the texts and all of the manuals are useless to us.
Let us be about the business of renewing our hearts and healing broken relationships. Let us live our faith in certain hope and accept in profound humility that we are each embraced by a loving God and are called to embrace him back. Let us pray for that perfect charity which will help us, with the insight and wisdom received from our Glorious Good God, to discern his holy and true will and be faithful servants of God and one another.
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Our Annual Regional Gathering will be held on November 15th at St. Anthony’s Parish Hall in Trenton, NJ. We are very much looking forward to gathering with the Ministers and Formation Directors of our Region … and anyone else who would like to join us. All are MOST WELCOME!
Please don’t forget to consult the upcoming events section of our website, where dates of interest to your Fraternities are noted.
Know that we hold you in prayer and beg you to do likewise for us. If you have any thoughts or ideas you would like to share for the good of our Region, please let me, or any other member of our Council know. We are here to serve you!
Blessings, every good, and much love,
mattie♥
