Saint Francis of Assisi
Celano, Second Life
Chapter LXXXVIII:125
The Portiuncula, located in Jerusalem, Ohio, in the Diocese of Steubenville, is home to the Franciscan Lay Apostolate. We are humbly committed to imitating the Gospel life of Christ, and observing the Sacraments. Placing ourselves under strict and holy obedience to the Bishop of Steubenville, the Magisterium, and Father Nick Ward, we follow the Medieval Penitential First Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis, dated 1221 A.D.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
True Joy Of Spirit
St. Francis maintained that the safest remedy against the thousand snares and wiles of the enemy is spiritual joy. For hew would say: "Then the devil rejoices most when he can snatch away spiritual joy from a servant of God. He carries dust so that he can throw it into even the tiniest chinks of conscience and soil the candor of mind and purity of life. But when spiritual joy fills the hearts," he said, "the serpent throws off his deadly poison in vain. The devils cannot harm the servant of Christ when they see he will filled with holy joy."
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