St. Mary of the Portiuncula Friary To Be A Pattern

As a sign of holy poverty and humility, blessed Francis decreed that the churches of the friars were to be small and their houses to be built with only wood and clay. For he wanted the friary of St. Mary of the Portiuncula to be a pattern especially for buildings constructed of wood and clay, so that it might be a permanent memorial for all friars, present and to come, since it was the first and chief house of the whole Order. 

But blessed Francis had it to be written in his Testament: "Friars are to beware of accepting churches, houses, and all other places built for them unless they conform to holy poverty; and they are always to lodge in them as pilgrims and strangers."

Saint Francis of Assisi
Mirror of Perfection - 11

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Our Body Is Our Cell

Wherever we are, wherever we go, we bring our cell with us. Our brother body is our Cell and our soul is the hermit living in that cell in order to pray to God and meditate. If our soul does not live in peace and solitude within its cell, of what avail is it to live in a man-made cell?

Saint Francis of Assisi

Legend of Perugia - 80

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"I have done what was mine to do; may Christ teach you what you are to do."

 

How The Third Order (Seculars) Are To Dress

 

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

Saint Francis of Assisi
FIRST RULE OF THE THIRD ORDER of 1221 A.D.

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Cardinal Burke: The Third Secret of Fatima

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Rosalia Misseri - Dolce sentire

 

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Il Cantico delle Creature - Angelo Branduardi

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The Rapture of Contemplation

 

St. Francis was convinced that the grace of prayer was something we should long for above all else. No one, he declared, could make progress in God's service without it, and he used any means he could to make the brothers concentrate on it...

He was often taken right out of himself in a rapture of contemplation, so that he was lost in ecstasy and had no idea what was going on about him, while he experienced things which were beyond human understanding.

Saint Francis of Assisi

Bonaventure, Major Life

Chapter X

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Catch The Wind!

 

A brother came to Abba Poemen and said, "Abba, a variety of thoughts are coming into my mind and I am in danger!" The old man took him out into the air and said, "Open your robe and take hold of the wind." The young brother answered, "No, I cannot do it." The old man said, "If you cannot do it, neither can you prevent those thoughts from entering into your mind. What you should do is stand firm against them."

Sayings of the Desert Fathers

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The Daily Nativity of the Lord

Every day he humbles himself just as he did when he came from his heavenly throne (Wis. 18:15) into the Virgin's womb; every day he comes to us and lets us see him in abjection, when he descends from the bosom of the Father into the hands of the priest at the altar.

Saint Francis of Assisi

The Admonitions

Admonition 1

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HAPPY FEAST DAY OF ST. CIARA D'ASSISI

 

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Build It Stone By Stone

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OPEN HOUSE ~ EVERYONE WELCOME

The Portiuncula Chapel is having an open house this coming Monday, August 11th (the Feast Day of St. Clare of Assisi) from 10:00 to 2:00 located next to the Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Ozark, Ohio

 

Pace e' Bene! (Peace and All Good)

 

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