"CUM GRANDE HUMILITATE!"

"Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words."

A special "Thank you!"
Goes out to
John Michael Talbot
for giving us permission
to use his song on our
"Come to the Quiet"
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Bon*Ton / Elder Beerman Community Day Booklets

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Portiuncula Franciscan Hermitage

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Our Community Day booklet is better than ever — featuring more savings coupons, better Bonus Buys and longer Early Bird hours. Includes the following great coupons:

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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

BonTon Community Day Booklet - Helping Non-Profits Like the Portiuncula Franciscan Hermitage


"Oh, WOW! Look at these fantastic coupons!"






 Our Community Day booklet is better than ever — featuring more savings coupons, better Bonus Buys and longer Early Bird hours. Includes the following great coupons:



  • $10 Off regular or sale priced item priced at $10 or more.  One coupon per item, some exclusion apply.
  • 40% Off All coffee, coffee makers, & coffee accessories.
  • $50 Off a pair of Clarks® shoes for her.
  • $50 Off Misses' designer down & Columbia outerwear.
  • $50 Off Select men's outerwear.
  • $30 Off Ukala™ by EMU boots for women and girls.
  • $20 Off Regular & sale price designer denim for ladies and men.
  • $15 Off any size fleece or cold-weather performance sheet set.
  • $10 Off Men's fleece sport shirts.
  • Web Exclusive!. $109.99 for the Gramin® nüvi 50LM GPS navigation system.
  • $29.99 For Calvin Klein Performance polar fleece & velour separates.
  • $14.99 For Grandoe® touchscreen gloves.
  • $16.99 For any size LivingQuarters Micro Cozy Blanket.
  • $5.99 For a LivingQuarters Bamboo towel.
  • $22.99 For any size Leisure Bayside luggage.
Use most coupons in-store or online.  Shop Friday, November 9th or Saturday, November 10th to save big on top of our already-low sale prices. Proceeds from online donations will benefit all Community Day groups.

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Chris Dickson, F.L.A. 
Servant General
Franciscan Lay Apostolate

   

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Withdrawing Into Solitude To Pray



la Sanctuario il Poverello d'Assisi
Francis said: "When the Lord withdrew into solitude to pray and fast for forty days and nights, he did not have a cell or a house built for himself but he took shelter under a rock of the mountain." That is why, following his example, he refused to have either a house or a cell on this earth and forbade that one be built for him.

Saint Francis of Assisi
Legend of Perugia - 13

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Gloomy Hypocrites



Anyone who comes to the brothers, friend or enemy, thief or robber, is to be received with kindness. And wherever the brothers are and anywhere they meet other brothers, they are to greet one another wholeheartedly and lovingly, and honor on another without grumbling (1 Peter 4:9). And they are to be careful not to look outwardly sad, like gloomy hypocrites, but they are to show themselves happy in the Lord (Philippians 4:4), and cheerful and truly gracious.

St.Francis
Rule of 1221
Chapter VII

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Monday, August 29, 2011

This Is Your Vocation



The peace which you proclaim with words must dwell even more abundantly in your hearts. Do not provoke others to anger or give scandal. Rather, let your gentleness draw them to peace, goodness, and concord. This is your vocation: to heal wounds, to bind what is broken, to bring home those who are lost. And remember that many who may now seem to be of the devil can one day become disciples of Christ.

Saint Francis of Assisi
Legend of the Three Companions, 58

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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Guard Against Pride And Empty Boasting

We must all be on our guard against pride and empty boasting and beware of worldly wisdom. A worldly spirit loves to talk a lot but do nothing, striving for the exterior signs of holiness that people can see, with no desire for true piety and interior holiness.
Saint Francis of Assisi
The Rule of 1221
Chapter 17

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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Be Humble And Peaceful And Jesus Will Be With You



To know how to talk to Jesus is a great art, and to know how to cling to Him is great wisdom. Be humble and peaceful and Jesus will be with you; be devout and quiet and he will remain with you. You will quickly drive Him away and lose His grace, though, if you divert your attenion to your own affairs at His expense...It is better to have the whole world against us than to hurt Jesus.

Thomas A Kempis
The Immitation of Christ

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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Beware of False Apparitions or "Visons"



Brother Rufino, once one of the great noblemen of Assisi, had become a companion of Francis. One day the devil appeared to him in the form of the Crucified Christ, telling him not to believe anything told to him by the 'son of Peter Bernardone' (St. Francis of Assisi), and whoever follows him is deceived.


But the Holy Spirit revealed all this to Brother Masseo and he perceived great peril for Brother Rufino and sent him to see St. Francis immediately and tell him of his vision.


Upon telling Francis of his vision, our Seraphic Father kindly showed Rufino that the vision was the devil and not Christ, and therefore he should in no way consent to his suggestions. "You should also have known that he was the devil because he hardened your heart to everything that is good, for that is exactly his job," said Francis


"The next time the devil speaks to you," St. Francis said, "answer him confidently, 'Open your mouth - and I will Sh*t [empty my bowels] in it!' And let it be a sign to you that he is the devil and he will immediately go away."


When Brother Rufino did as St. Francis instructed, the devil angrily went away with such a commotion and fall of rocks around Mount Subasio that a great mass of stones hurtled down for a long while.
Saint Francis of Assisi
Little Flowers of St. Francis - 29

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Monday, August 22, 2011

Saint Francis Did Not Preach Watered Down "Touchy-Feely" Sermons


Francis, therefore, the most valiant knight of Christ, went about the towns and villages announcing the kingdom of God, preaching peace, teaching salvation and penance unto the remission of sins, not in the persuasive words of human wisdom, but with the learning and power of the Spirit. He acted boldly in all things, because of the apostolic authority granted to him, using no words of flattery or seductive blandishments. He did not know how to make light of the faults of others, but he knew well how to cut them out; neither did he encourage the life of sinners, but he struck hard at them with sharp reproof, for he had first convinced himself by practicing himself what he wished to persuade others to do by his words...

Saint Francis of Assisi
Celano, First Life
CHAPTER XV

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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Intoxicated By Love And Compassion For Christ

 
 
Intoxicated by love and compassion for Christ, blessed Francis sometimes used to act in ways like these. For the sweetest of spiritual melodies would often well up within him and found expression in French melodies, and the murmurs of God's voice, heard by him alone, would joyfully pour forth in the French tongue. Sometimes he would pick up a stick from the ground, and laying it on his left arm, he would draw another stick across it with his right hand like a bow, as though he were playing a viol or some other instrument; and he would imitate the movements of a musician and sing in French to our Lord Jesus Christ.

Saint Francis of Assisi
Mirror of Perfection - 93

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Padre Pio On The Movement To "Modernize" The Franciscan Order



Saint Padre Pio's reactions to the aggiornamento (literally "bringing up to date" or "Modernizing" it) the religious orders concocted in the wake of Vatican II:

In 1966, the Father General [of the Franciscans] came to Rome prior to the special Chapter on the Constitutions in order to ask Padre Pio for his prayers and benedictions. He met Padre Pio in the cloister. "Padre, I came to recommend to your prayers the special chapter for the new Constitutions..." He had scarcely gotten the words "special Chapter"..."new Constitutions" out of his mouth when Padre Pio made a violent gesture and cried out: "That is all nothing but destructive nonsense." "But Padre, after all, there is the younger generation to take into account... the youth evolve after their own fashion... there are new demands..." "The only thing missing is mind and heart, that’s all, understanding and love." Then he proceeded to his cell, did a half-turn, and pointed his finger, saying: "We must not denature ourselves, we must not denature ourselves! At the Lord’s judgment, St. Francis will not recognize us as his sons!"

Saint Padre Pio

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Saturday, August 20, 2011

Obedience



A legend from the friary at Monte Casale: Here every year the brethren plant a cabbage in the garden and let it flower to remind them of the time the saint bade two young brothers plant some cabbage plants upside down. One did, but the other knew better and planted his right side up. St. Francis dismissed the second brother, for, he said, it had been a test of obedience, not of planting cabbages.

Saint Francis of Assisi

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Forgiveness



"Let there be no one who has sinned, no matter how seriously, who would not look into your eyes seeking forgiveness, and go away without it. And should they not seek forgiveness, you should ask them if they want it. And if after that they were to sin a thousand times, even before your eyes, love them more than me, for this is how you will draw them to the Lord; and always have mercy on such as these."

Saint Francis of Assisi
Letter to a Minister

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Bear Everything With Patience And Humilty



You will encounter some who are faithful, meek and well disposed; they will joyfully receive you and your words. But there will be more who are skeptical, proud, and blasphemous, and who will insult you and resist your message. Prepare yourselves, therefore, to bear everything with patience and humility.

Saint Francis of Assisi
Legend of the Three Companions - 36

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Love For God Alone


 


One thing I must tell you. This blind impulse of love towards God for himself alone, this secret love beating on the cloud of unknowing, is more profitable for the salvation of your soul, more worthy in itself, and more pleasing to God, and to all the saints and angels in heaven; yes and of more use to all your friends both bodily and spiritually, whether they are alive or dead. And it is better for you to experience this spiritually in your affection than it is to have the eye of your soul opened in contemplation...

The Cloud of Unknowing
CHAPTER IX

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

How the Men of the Third Order of Franciscans are to Dress

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Pattern for Cowl of St. Francis of Assisi

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After Flury -Lembergh

This is a Monk's habit that once belonged to St. Francis of Assisi (d.1226). It is housed in Assisi, in the church of S. Francesco. It is made of an undyed fulled woolen twill, and is partially lined in linen. The actual garment is missing the left sleeve. There is a linen pocket sewn into the remaining sleeve. Several large holes in the garment have been patched, ostensibly by fabric cut from a cloak belonging to St. Clare.

  • Garment Material Length (to the shoulder):126.5 cm (")
  • Width at the top: 97 cm (")
  • Width at the Bottom: 167 cm (")

Torso Material Thread Count

  • Warp is 8 Z-spun threads/cm (21.6 threads per inch)
  • Weft is 10 Z-spun theads/cm ( threads per inch)

Although this garment is identified as being a "cowl", it doesn't fit the definition of a cowl according to the OED in that it has sleeves and no hood. It is closer to what was generally called a "frock".

"The men belonging to this Third Order shall dress in humble, undyed cloth, the price of which is not to exceed six Ravenna soldi an ell, unless for evident and necessary cause a temporary dispensation be given."

FIRST RULE OF THE THIRD ORDER
Chapter I


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Monday, August 15, 2011

Going About The Countryside Weeping



When he was asked why he went about the countryside weeping, St. Francis said, "I should travel through all the world and, without any false shame, cry and moan over the passion of my Lord!"

Saint Francis of Assisi
Legend of Perugia

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Saturday, August 13, 2011

ACT OF CONSECRATION TO JESUS IN THE EUCHARIST



Merciful Father, you love us so much that you sent your only Son Jesus, so that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

Your love for us, dear Father, was shown to us by Jesus when He offered Himself as a victim on the altar of the cross for our salvation and when he instituted the Sacrament  of the Eucharits which is the same sacrifice of Calvary.

I believe, Lord Jesus, that You are really present and alive in the Eucharist and that You are always waiting for me in this Sacrament of love. Moved by your love for me, I offer myself entirely to You as a response of love to Your love.

I ask you, Lord Jesus, that by the power of the Holy Spirit You inflame my heart with the fire of Your love.  Draw me to You and transform me into Yourself every time I receive You in the Eucharits. Let me remain with You in worship You in this Sacrament of love. Let my love be an act of reparation for the sins of all humanity.

Mary, mother of Jesus and my mother, I ask you to be with me as I live faithfully this offering so that I can respond to your Son's invitation when He told us" Remain here, and watch with me" (Matthew 26:38).


Nihil obstat
die 8 Jan 2000
Jos. Lupi.
Cens. Theol.

Imprimi potest
Florianae, die 6 Jan. 2000
Fr. Crispinus Tabone
Min. Prov. O.F.M. Cap.

Imprimatur
Datum in Curia Archiep. Melit.
Florianae, die 10 Januarii 2000
T Annetto Depasquale
Ep. Tit. Araditan.
Vicarius Generalis

"This Is My Body!"

 
 
This was the first Eucharist: the gift of God's Son establishing Mary as the first altar, the first tabernacle. Mary is the only one able to confirm in complete sincerity, "This is my body!"
 
As soon as Mary received the announcement from the angel, she went in haste to her cousin Elizabeth, who was with child. And the unborn child, John the Baptist, rejoiced in Elizabeth's womb. How wonderful it was...Almighty God chose an unborn child to announce the coming of His Son!
 
Pace e Bene!
 
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Spiritual Communion



Saint Francis of Assisi tried to attend Mass every day where he would receive the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in Holy Communion. Whenever he was unable to receive Holy Communion, it was his practice to make a Spiritual Communion. He would say the following prayer:

"I believe that You, O Jesus, are in the most holy Sacrament. I love You and desire You. Come into my heart. I embrace You! Oh, never leave me. May the burning and most sweet power of Your love, O Lord Jesus Christ, I beseech You, absorb my mind that I may die through love of Your love, who were graciously pleased to die through love of my love."

Saint Francis of Assisi

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