BIG NEWS! Our beloved Brother Larry Hilferty, TOR, Regional Spiritual Assistant to St. Katharine Drexel Region and local Spiritual Assistant to St. Bonaventure Fraternity has been asked to greet the Pope! He wants to give the Pope one of our orange ribbon/Tau cross pins in support of the martyred Middle Eastern Christians. We all just stepped a little closer to our Holy Father and rejoice in the honor bestowed on Brother Larry!
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Greetings of peace, my dear brothers and sisters! I pray this finds you blessed, favored and filled with the peace of our Lord! September 1 was the World Day of Prayer for Creation which begins the Season of Caring for Creation. The season goes to the Solemnity of our Seraphic Father, Saint Francis. For very obvious reasons, I have given it a Franciscan flavah! Oh yeah! Attached please find the prayers to pray and celebrate Sister Mother Earth throughout the Season of Caring for Creation. There are five weeks to pray, reflect, and take some small actions to care for Dear Sisters and Brothers in St. Francis, PEACE to each of your hearts! In the courthouse where I work, as in many office buildings, there is one special room where everyone congregates … the snack bar! This is the place where you can find everything that health care professionals tell you isn’t at all good for you but which, in times of stress, provides the most comfort. That’s not to say that healthy choices aren’t available, but when given the choice between chocolate cupcakes or trail mix, the chocolate cupcakes win 95% of the time! What makes this Dear Brothers and Sisters, I have put together a program for the Newly Professed that you may like to use and I hope it will be helpful. I am always available for anyone who may have questions 732 408 6653 or perfectjoy112@gmail.com A PROGRAM FOR NEWLY PROFESSED This program for the Newly Professed is advocated by a mystagogia-type in the General Constitutions (Article 44.2) and the Guidelines for Initial Formation in the Secular Franciscan Order in the United States. (Chapter 3 F2.a.page 28) This phase gives the newly professed an opportunity to delve more deeply into the mysteries of Franciscan Dear Sisters and Brothers in St. Francis, The Lord bless you with His peace! Divisions within the church. Disagreements about how to worship. Questions about marriage. Sexual temptations and improprieties. Compromise with society’s views. Issues we hear or read about so often, and many others we are aware of, face us every day. These issues date back years, even to the early Church. Remember the Church in Corinth where St. Paul had spent at least eighteen months after establishing the church there, serving and teaching the people while on his second missionary journey. Corinth was a Let us desire nothing else, let us wish for nothing else, let nothing else please us and cause us delight, except our Creator and redeemer and Savior, the one true God, Who is fullness of Good, all Good, every Good, the true and Supreme Good, Who alone is merciful and gentle, delectable and sweet, Who alone is holy, just and true, holy and right, Who alone is kind, innocent, pure, from Whom and through Whom and in Whom → Continue reading: Daily Reflections from Fr Francis – September, 2015 |
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