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.
The incense symbolizes our prayer, whose source is in the love of God, the divine fire that our Lord came to cast upon the earth.
"Accendat in nobis Dominus ignem sui amoris, et flammarm aeternae caritatis. Amen."
(English Translation: May the Lord enkindle within us the fire of His love, and the flames of everlasting charity. Amen.)
Afterwards the Celebrant, clergy, and people are incensed.
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