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Saint Katharine Drexel Region Secular Franciscan Order (USA) Justice, Peace, & the Integrity of Creation September 2019 · Greetings I am again looking at what has been on the news this past month and asking myself, what should I bring up as some subjects for this month, September 2019. To start off the month, I keep thinking about the some of the news stories that are making the news. It is sad to keep hearing another shooting taking place here in our country. The question that comes to mind is “What makes them do these things? Is there no other “You are Beauty” Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. (Philippians 4:8) ********** In the fall of 1224, St. Francis of Assisi spent forty days on the cold and windy heights of Mount Laverna in Tuscany. It was at that time that he experienced the vision of a six-winged Seraph, after which the wounds of Christ’s crucifixion appeared on his body. In the aftermath of this extraordinary experience, Francis took a “Look at the birds of the air” Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? (Matthew 6:26) ********** Of all God’s creatures, perhaps those we most readily associate with St. Francis of Assisi are the birds. Francis is forever linked to them because of an episode that occurred in 1213 when he was experiencing something of a vocation crisis. Although the sources offer other moments of interaction between Francis and birds, this one was seminal. Endeavoring to SKD Formation Monthly-August 2019.docx (1) SKD Formation-July 2019.docx (1) September 2019 I bend my knee to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ so that, through the prayers and merits of the holy and glorious Virgin Mary, His Mother, and of our most blessed father Francis and of all the saints, the Lord Himself, Who has given a good beginning, may give increase and may also give final perseverance. Amen. (The Testament of St. Clare of Assisi) The daily excerpts continue from the Papal Decree of Canonization and Legend of our Holy Mother, St. Clare St. Katherine Drexel Regional Fraternity Regional Spiritual Assistant St. Francis of Assisi Friary 1901 Prior Road Wilmington, Delaware 19809 tel: (302) 798-1454 fax: (302) 798-3360 email: pppgusa@gmail.com September 2019 Dear Sisters and Brothers in St. Francis, The Lord give you his peace! A young person graduates from college and is given a wonderful position in a profession about which he or she is excited and is overflowing with vision and creative ideas. A young man and young woman, deeply in love with each August 2019-SKD JPIC Animator (1) |
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