tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-214948822024-03-07T17:00:09.499-05:00Portiuncula: the Little PortionThe 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 Bishop Jeffrey Monforton of Steubenville, the Magisterium, and Father Timothy Davison, we follow the Medieval Penitential First Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis, dated 1221 A.D. Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.comBlogger4136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-25120600662922133882024-01-18T08:32:00.004-05:002024-01-18T08:32:28.543-05:00Why Latin?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhntlYHYQJ9l3h0wTHjIxCsMc2ql5MyNGSMUp19uCzcM5xIBcZyMMoCo9JSr-H75NWQWSBKOg9tz6eM8X4ciQVYD5Zpb0Yp9xsBq2UysRxiyVaFzZDbZC2vVvvfu0HcN3E9EVmCwzrFjDeaHo9u3ucl_3Ff_LErRMifrEaJNDrz96VksUPMO_vd" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhntlYHYQJ9l3h0wTHjIxCsMc2ql5MyNGSMUp19uCzcM5xIBcZyMMoCo9JSr-H75NWQWSBKOg9tz6eM8X4ciQVYD5Zpb0Yp9xsBq2UysRxiyVaFzZDbZC2vVvvfu0HcN3E9EVmCwzrFjDeaHo9u3ucl_3Ff_LErRMifrEaJNDrz96VksUPMO_vd=w464-h464" width="464" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-83484591013664216512023-12-12T12:09:00.004-05:002023-12-12T12:09:35.948-05:00The Third Secret Of Fatima: <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="389" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mon5rw1OYag" width="435" youtube-src-id="mon5rw1OYag"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b></p>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-76001440053729400382023-11-22T12:17:00.000-05:002023-11-22T12:17:08.107-05:00This Was True In The Catholic Church For Over 1600 Years. Do We No Longer Believe In The Incarnation?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXduu9dvVdENFTldhFUpBdePv2gdC7-o5oazdxAlRqildr8jT_Cd-b_zjH9WYx3h9tBFHeoM-NUXpvxfWJMB7Q743tRaLXYPJ_qZGU6n3vjqo94-3OlPbjt593pM3twIC6Qn_4rh0GOuVjvVidqqa8f8Q15nvTvWnVy0poHOj_dVfx7Z_7wy71" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="276" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXduu9dvVdENFTldhFUpBdePv2gdC7-o5oazdxAlRqildr8jT_Cd-b_zjH9WYx3h9tBFHeoM-NUXpvxfWJMB7Q743tRaLXYPJ_qZGU6n3vjqo94-3OlPbjt593pM3twIC6Qn_4rh0GOuVjvVidqqa8f8Q15nvTvWnVy0poHOj_dVfx7Z_7wy71" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">The Nicene Creed was drawn up in the General Councils of Nicea in 325 A.D. and Constantinople in 381 A.D. to condemn heretics who denied that Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost are God. For that reason, when the following words of the Creed are spoken </span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><i>everyone is supposed to kneel:</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">AND WAS INCARNATE</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">BY THE HOLY GHOST</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">OF THE VIRGIN MARY</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">AND WAS MADE MAN</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>(Here all rise)</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-43216826800529256362023-11-20T14:10:00.001-05:002023-11-20T14:10:18.750-05:00HOC EST ENIM CORPUS MEUM (FOR THIS IS MY BODY)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHQH3e6L2T1Pso2j-HJgd5TAPTKxpsBPdx7BizaTxiqx3DQB_Y04dfAn1bwOZG5ugIRx4Q_4Cdkduxy5lji4tmcglIPRvIJutWmkgnKukDx762UcNsxI2YSKzZs9rBfr7cMufeEEBaUQ43aVIXe4IvC-mXFoB8zWtsbmPT9haR9w_4MR7k26rQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHQH3e6L2T1Pso2j-HJgd5TAPTKxpsBPdx7BizaTxiqx3DQB_Y04dfAn1bwOZG5ugIRx4Q_4Cdkduxy5lji4tmcglIPRvIJutWmkgnKukDx762UcNsxI2YSKzZs9rBfr7cMufeEEBaUQ43aVIXe4IvC-mXFoB8zWtsbmPT9haR9w_4MR7k26rQ" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">After pronouncing the words of Consecration, the priest never disjoins his fingers and thumbs, except when he is to take the Host, until after washing his fingers at the ablutions after Communion.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b></span></p>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-90681944554399919162023-11-16T14:43:00.002-05:002023-11-20T13:56:50.830-05:00Anima Christi Prayer by Saint Ignatius Of Loyola (1491 - 1556)<p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ1Eqm8SdLaIE8sIsYS9I9dF7kFJX7jhPIZ6kYWeSrnCzstbXMkKga2wUVKTBNpw6QH8PoEbzy-nuwBXEJ_8aBYX4UruckDSAdhMaUwOolc80cYXqni4mRekoSSQqeAt2we_JkqP76dsMFuxwQEehCSXpVpJj4TBX908dYtNaq4TwQHeuG6h3M" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="472" height="663" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ1Eqm8SdLaIE8sIsYS9I9dF7kFJX7jhPIZ6kYWeSrnCzstbXMkKga2wUVKTBNpw6QH8PoEbzy-nuwBXEJ_8aBYX4UruckDSAdhMaUwOolc80cYXqni4mRekoSSQqeAt2we_JkqP76dsMFuxwQEehCSXpVpJj4TBX908dYtNaq4TwQHeuG6h3M=w334-h663" width="334" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><br />Soul of Christ, sanctify me.</b></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>Body of Christ, same me.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>Blood of Christ, inebriate me.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>Water from the side of Christ, wash me.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>Passion of Christ, strengthen me.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>O Good Jesus, hear me.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>Within your wounds, hide me.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>Permit me not to be separated from you.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>From the wicked foe, defend me.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>At the hour of my death, call me</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>And bid me come to you</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>that with your saints I may praise you</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>For ever and ever.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b>Amen.</b></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b></span></p>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-27864490379895278442023-11-14T16:16:00.004-05:002023-11-14T16:16:27.777-05:00“The Fingers that Hold God”: The Priestly Benefits of ‘Liturgical Digits’ (Somehow Lost With Vatican II)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUZksnPSEK7Qqxc2pgkcsvG7_EEkYlGBUaTOrDrb145akZZXPhiYrO77LDaWt57W7fF4Vx0Y1A7gomxrksmbwIUkB1Sk0VjJzJOvfEZM-AE_WE9OWh6wTsgNkZKrmst_gr3Fy4-OCJnLTrHs9HZtZUYP6XDdg4UG5RvWDJBwgxk1a_RAXzf7D6" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="212" data-original-width="306" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUZksnPSEK7Qqxc2pgkcsvG7_EEkYlGBUaTOrDrb145akZZXPhiYrO77LDaWt57W7fF4Vx0Y1A7gomxrksmbwIUkB1Sk0VjJzJOvfEZM-AE_WE9OWh6wTsgNkZKrmst_gr3Fy4-OCJnLTrHs9HZtZUYP6XDdg4UG5RvWDJBwgxk1a_RAXzf7D6=w445-h361" width="445" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;">Over a period years attending the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><i>usus antiquior </i>prior to Vatican II,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"> I find myself noticing more and more the lost custom of the priest holding his thumb and forefinger together from the time of the consecration until the ablutions, a practice once called ‘canonical digits’ or ‘liturgical digits.’ You seldom see this any more in the New, Modern Catholic churches. Why is that? We all need to make the time to ask our local priests that question.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Georgia, serif; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b></span></p>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-79499999801598150892023-10-28T20:19:00.002-05:002023-10-29T11:01:57.016-05:00The Original Portiuncula in Assisi, Italy<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="412" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3f-M1hwqhY4" width="433" youtube-src-id="3f-M1hwqhY4"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b></span></p>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-69566378817923413092023-10-19T10:05:00.005-05:002023-10-19T10:05:59.364-05:00Saint Charbel Miracle<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtUArOocOins44c65WJ0sffQUDjZ19XycF4MmyRSeRWFkp8T2PuTekYeULvPwOTY3QFK9BPRuEstGnZMm5NXH4sWDAKOX1uwToquOAmRd3svrJbs48bSISKiy6EY4gNrQ3rKjhSK2Vnbs--R4TpFtl8vGcSyoREn91tklM24HIukKbQ5sMXzb5" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="640" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtUArOocOins44c65WJ0sffQUDjZ19XycF4MmyRSeRWFkp8T2PuTekYeULvPwOTY3QFK9BPRuEstGnZMm5NXH4sWDAKOX1uwToquOAmRd3svrJbs48bSISKiy6EY4gNrQ3rKjhSK2Vnbs--R4TpFtl8vGcSyoREn91tklM24HIukKbQ5sMXzb5=w327-h444" width="327" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: large;">An Italian woman from Australia heard of Saint Charbel Makhlouf in Lebanon and decided she wanted to go with her Lebanese friend and son to visit his shrine, as she was suffering from cancer. She arrived in Lebanon and went to the church only to discover that everything was closed. As she and her son walked back to the car a priest was walking by. The woman asked if the church was open and he answered “How can I help you?” She explained that she had come from Australia, was suffering from terminal cancer and just wanted to receive a blessing from the priest. The priest said to her that he would give her a blessing now. She asked her son to take a picture when the priest blessed her. She thanked the priest, got back in the car and left. As they were driving back to the hotel, she, with her Lebanese friend, went through the photos on her phone, and suddenly realised that the priest in the picture was actually St Charbel himself! She got back to Australia, went to the hospital and tests confirmed that she no longer had cancer. The miracle has been documented.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b></span></span></p>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-46355985892551470832023-10-05T14:19:00.005-05:002023-10-05T14:21:24.592-05:00The Synod Of Synodality: The Vatican Embraces Liberation Theology <p> </p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #1b0431; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 18.2px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></h3><div class="post-header" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2188980533214373958" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bc3GmDzJFV0/THZ5_xLroyI/AAAAAAAABpw/Zc9-wzhwGXc/s1600/ChrisDicksonandMichaelClark-Monk-2.jpg" style="font-size: 13px;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509725330575434530" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bc3GmDzJFV0/THZ5_xLroyI/AAAAAAAABpw/Zc9-wzhwGXc/s400/ChrisDicksonandMichaelClark-Monk-2.jpg" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 181px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 150px;" /><br /></a></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2188980533214373958" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2188980533214373958" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">By Chris Dickson, F.L.A.</span></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2188980533214373958" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #993300; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2188980533214373958" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #993300; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">I am appalled by the naivete of our Church being duped into anti-Christian communism. Liberation theology is a threat to free society by its undermining of the Church and its Magisterium through attempting to redefine moral issues (changing the Gospel to support theology opposed to shaping </span><span style="color: #993300; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">theology as a result of the Gospel.)</span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2188980533214373958" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif;"><div style="color: #29303b; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="color: #993300;">Ignorance is not bliss and unless we familiarize ourselves with the dangers, then future generations will demand answers as to why we threw away our freedom in lieu of communism.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #993300;">To quote Gustavo Gutierrez (the "father" of liberation theology,) "There is no evil in being subversive, struggling against the capitalist system...Liberation leads to reinterpreting the Gospel...As I have witnessed the power of Marxism to provide motivation for a life of service where none existed before, I have come to a new appreciation of this part of my own history. I cannot settle for any story of America that fails to give a central place to this vision."</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #993300;">Again, Roger Garaudy (one of France's foremost Marxist intellectuals) wrote, "Socialism is a traditional stage in the passage from capitalism to communism." Also, "When the established order involves such injustice that millions of men are exploited, oppressed, mutilated, and humiliated by this order, a revolution, even armed revolution, can be less costly and in the long run less 'violent' than this established disorder, which has become pure violence. Of this, incidentally, many Christians are today becoming conscious, including, for example, even priests and bishops in Latin America."</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #993300;">Charles E. Curran, no longer permitted by the Church to teach moral theology at Catholic universities, has stated,"Questions arise in the light of both the importance and the limitations of Scriptures. In the light of the most striking development has been the emergence of dissent within the Roman Catholic theological community from the teachings of the hierarchical magisterium on specific moral issues."</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #993300;">One cannot help but feel an air of approval when local archdiocesan newspapers print articles written by these people. Already we have seen a swing by our priests and educators away from the Church's doctrine of "norma normans non normata"(the Scriptures being the norm above all other norms by which all norms are taken) and are thus shown to question the Scripture's relevance in our daily lives.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #993300;">Perhaps we need to seek the definition of a couple terms which seem to have taken on good and bad connotations in complete reversal of their intended meanings:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #993300;">First of all, the term orthodoxy means "right praise," or consistency with the faith of the Church as embodied in Sacred Scripture, the Fathers, official teachings and the liturgy.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #993300;">Liberation theology, on the other hand, is defined as a new type of theology which emphasizes the motif of liberation in both Old and New Testaments and which reinterprets all doctrines in terms of that motif. Forms of liberation theology include Latin American, black and feminist.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #993300;">Jesus "liberated" all of us from the bonds of oppression. Rather than reinterpreting the Gospel, perhaps we would be better served to "live it." This idea may not be popular with some in the Church today, but by returning to the basics of our faith, we will be truly liberated through the instruction of Sacred Scriptures if only we would accept Jesus as the catalyst of our lives.</span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="color: #29303b; font-size: 23.4px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">T</span></span></div>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-43183580170088059822023-10-05T13:32:00.003-05:002023-10-05T13:32:28.915-05:00Suffer To Be Ruled<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrB0tTLYFrGgZR13XUo2bV_UndmzknkoxAIN1hsWfNvuIVcX8GanolHIWS2ea00NfNq0IjNmvSBmFFQjXmMQFr_Z2wE2CfE4squ3T-oYKBZy5M585w4H7mk4zvr-H2gV3M4YTDqJI-RboI5Aodn37Jx9_wz0tlndRPAu2jg043MB41CDwjsn5f/s300/Gypsey%20Vanner.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrB0tTLYFrGgZR13XUo2bV_UndmzknkoxAIN1hsWfNvuIVcX8GanolHIWS2ea00NfNq0IjNmvSBmFFQjXmMQFr_Z2wE2CfE4squ3T-oYKBZy5M585w4H7mk4zvr-H2gV3M4YTDqJI-RboI5Aodn37Jx9_wz0tlndRPAu2jg043MB41CDwjsn5f/w438-h258/Gypsey%20Vanner.png" width="438" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #993300;">"The horse is a noble and useful creature; for in his swiftest course he suffers himself to be ruled, and turned hither and thither, backwards and forwards, according to the will of the rider; so likewise should it be with the servant of God, who should suffer himself to be ruled, guided, turned and bent, according to the will of his superior; nay, of all others, for the love of Christ.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #993300;">Little Flowers of St. Francis</span><br /><span style="color: #993300;">PART FOUR</span><br /><span style="color: #993300;">Chapter V</span><br /><span style="color: #993300;">Of Holy Patience</span></span><br /></div><p><br style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></span></span></p>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-22331185176859735162023-10-05T09:54:00.007-05:002023-10-05T09:54:44.694-05:00Mocking The Poor<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #663300; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXpSaXWWYRcDIzECpfr1ZXzIUrkvK6Uq5-hKHeKCkh16W9TeICzsvK40UwxYGPqeNNrPAo2rhjw8kTgmbBsYRs3TIZT4w1GechUXKSfcdNdEqL5_TqqPmWnfP3vqioKIS9NZy1qHUVhJh0icJV8IOGN-jzP1l5Tkp5KkdYhVoX33Dz36SFl4K8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="493" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXpSaXWWYRcDIzECpfr1ZXzIUrkvK6Uq5-hKHeKCkh16W9TeICzsvK40UwxYGPqeNNrPAo2rhjw8kTgmbBsYRs3TIZT4w1GechUXKSfcdNdEqL5_TqqPmWnfP3vqioKIS9NZy1qHUVhJh0icJV8IOGN-jzP1l5Tkp5KkdYhVoX33Dz36SFl4K8=w384-h493" width="384" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #663300; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Once blessed Francis had gone to the hermitage of the brothers near Roccabrizia to preach to the people of that region. Now, on the day of the sermon, a poor, miserable and sick man came in search of him. Blessed Francis was moved by his distress and spoke to his companion of his poverty and sickness. His companion answered him: "Brother, it is true, he is very poor, but perhaps there in no other man richer in desire in all providence than he." The saint chided him for having spoken so uncharitably, and the brother admitted his sin. Blessed Francis then said to him: "Are you willing to perform a penance I shall give you?" "Gladly," he said. "Well, take off your tunic and go throw yourself half clothed at the feet of the poor man; tell him how you have sinned against him, and ask him to pray that God may forgive you." The brother went and did what blessed Francis had prescribed...</span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #663300; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Saint Francis of Assisi</span><br style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #663300; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Legend of Perugia - 89</span></span><div><span style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #663300; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fff3db; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b></span></span></div>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-629349949323509822023-10-04T08:54:00.005-05:002023-10-04T08:54:24.596-05:00Happy Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3uigGHTWRdI_SwfA1llnPhZf4Rudbhwa7b1DM9f8MbRWH4yUjAHM4eUygaRkrF02kgjl3ElWcNwosjZzrpa3PzT9FWPJH8Th_dejqkJ1HEkEpf_yCVg7BkiKtLOpbmTDPOXe7dcAEWYIeLoWC1Vpeh4GGqtX7xJzobfJ0vf8Hp1M8QGa8t9gu" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="167" data-original-width="301" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3uigGHTWRdI_SwfA1llnPhZf4Rudbhwa7b1DM9f8MbRWH4yUjAHM4eUygaRkrF02kgjl3ElWcNwosjZzrpa3PzT9FWPJH8Th_dejqkJ1HEkEpf_yCVg7BkiKtLOpbmTDPOXe7dcAEWYIeLoWC1Vpeh4GGqtX7xJzobfJ0vf8Hp1M8QGa8t9gu=w460-h310" width="460" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b></p>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-75889423557458094002023-10-03T12:27:00.007-05:002023-10-03T12:32:30.096-05:00October 3rd: The Transitus of St. Francis of Assisi<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQgNeCcnaRF0SBxnBR8EfFJxkH1X6O7mcv1OkrTJCi8VycQ1S6TRfzqe27KXJbciRnRTUKlVgtCmMAnelSHqMxisOPggbO8huDIVTRCSlV3K-d9ttyrBABualhsJHtBo06aop_iBxbrVRGIgTPcTefsUIGdbyQbXCvqnR3c9oqAUBoaENhVtsK" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="173" data-original-width="280" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQgNeCcnaRF0SBxnBR8EfFJxkH1X6O7mcv1OkrTJCi8VycQ1S6TRfzqe27KXJbciRnRTUKlVgtCmMAnelSHqMxisOPggbO8huDIVTRCSlV3K-d9ttyrBABualhsJHtBo06aop_iBxbrVRGIgTPcTefsUIGdbyQbXCvqnR3c9oqAUBoaENhVtsK=w462-h342" width="462" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #993300;">Then he (St. Francis) asked the Brothers to read the passage of St. John's Gospel which begins: "Before the paschal feast began" (John 13:1); only a partition of flesh now separated him from his Beloved and he would listen to the beat of his voice in the Gospel phrases. All God's mysteries had been finally accomplished in him and he died quietly, praying and singing the psalm. His holy soul was freed from his body and absorbed in the abyss of eternal glory.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #993300;">Saint Francis of Assisi</span><br /><span style="color: #993300;">Bonaventure, Minor Life</span><br /><span style="color: #993300;">Chapter VII</span><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666;" /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b></span></span></p>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-10794265300030147112023-10-02T12:28:00.003-05:002023-10-02T12:35:08.257-05:00"Rebuild My Church"<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM3GUibnyiXmAYAGaWa-hhSMnipa-IhJU8bxD0unekiwcKLE3hkEZSKlaycJEXcbEUnTJYojZmi54Sc8lrtAEqisOS4cwxlIWPWzNqW3MZ9XNtBYNmhg3ws74Kw4IQLRWBBuCyVVZ6Na1wQfrpSPM6EbG59RL9eRHE20rjBAXGL9I3030fhK2F/s386/Portiuncula%20JMT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="257" data-original-width="386" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM3GUibnyiXmAYAGaWa-hhSMnipa-IhJU8bxD0unekiwcKLE3hkEZSKlaycJEXcbEUnTJYojZmi54Sc8lrtAEqisOS4cwxlIWPWzNqW3MZ9XNtBYNmhg3ws74Kw4IQLRWBBuCyVVZ6Na1wQfrpSPM6EbG59RL9eRHE20rjBAXGL9I3030fhK2F/w461-h307/Portiuncula%20JMT.jpg" width="461" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #52535a; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #931414; font-family: "Cinzel Decorative"; font-size: 30pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">W</span>hen Saint Francis heard those words from the mouth of the Lord, speaking through the San Damiano crucifix in a small, dilapidated church, he took them to mean simply rebuilding that little church outside Assisi. It was in the Portiuncula that he founded the Friars Minor; there that he clothed Clare in the religious habit and began the Order of Poor Clares; and there that Francis yearly gathered the friars in chapter to discuss the rule and renew their dedication to the Gospel life. And it was at the Portiuncula where St. Francis died in 1226.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #52535a; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">That first tiny Portiuncula, a holy place and the center of St. Francis’ activity, will be recreated here on The Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Jerusalem, Ohio as a grace-filled haven for quiet meditation and Eucharistic Adoration. Nestled in a grove of trees visitors will be invited to “come and spend an hour with the Lord” in prayer.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #52535a; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">This small chapel will be completed in the Fall of 2024, like St. Francis’ 13th-century original, it will become a place of adoration, conversion, and prayer. The simple beauty of the small stone structure will reverberate with the power of the Lord’s presence. The stillness, imbued with the peace of the Lord’s tender concern, will draw visitors in and focuses attention on the Eucharistic Lord.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #52535a; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #52535a; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b></span></p>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-88830062341259698422023-09-18T14:22:00.012-05:002023-09-25T15:09:12.387-05:00Building Begins In The Spring Of 2024<p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0ifpgVfjEFFAfnFnBtp1YEWrKewgb9DNahRq4Djnm2RFZ-zQq43WDQz2LRQRLs-ekUAb2_XCbTR_KgkJ7_4BahZBFK2TmjUV3dY_A9LPhkeLonSDIp6sau0Cnh3bOITnDcsWElYzddAlIv6sIvXRbhleB_U2QshXhZ4tOTj6oJKiZeezdL3-/s1024/FUS_Port.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0ifpgVfjEFFAfnFnBtp1YEWrKewgb9DNahRq4Djnm2RFZ-zQq43WDQz2LRQRLs-ekUAb2_XCbTR_KgkJ7_4BahZBFK2TmjUV3dY_A9LPhkeLonSDIp6sau0Cnh3bOITnDcsWElYzddAlIv6sIvXRbhleB_U2QshXhZ4tOTj6oJKiZeezdL3-/w415-h329/FUS_Port.jpg" width="415" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The Footer and the Floor has been poured. Now the stones go up in the Spring of 2024 and the roof goes on in the Fall of 2024.</div></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUqJjHdIgMXlfnXzUgklrlVKq9PwJUxo-TCGr1kfVIf3_LrStN1-rc-nmdGaO4pjvB6TteZ2EEMzMPJx-4R2GmMi9moWaIHR1JnJqz1TWXshNF86DE5HhUoExe0vMBgUY7uJb-1KfbLNdXJU-EOdjgpJIJhejwDqqPDpkEdY2WBGVYb3Wvh9SS/s640/FUS-port.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUqJjHdIgMXlfnXzUgklrlVKq9PwJUxo-TCGr1kfVIf3_LrStN1-rc-nmdGaO4pjvB6TteZ2EEMzMPJx-4R2GmMi9moWaIHR1JnJqz1TWXshNF86DE5HhUoExe0vMBgUY7uJb-1KfbLNdXJU-EOdjgpJIJhejwDqqPDpkEdY2WBGVYb3Wvh9SS/w415-h359/FUS-port.jpg" width="415" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rNMGAJcfnkc--jMRHqN1HT2srjhkxFYCkk--lUfBv3439rlcHEsETU1y0ZQ-ewf776HexHUelUwRJgDWmkr4rGzaD8ly3AcjGuME0xnqKaoZok9S7PSaLVPuPpMf_RO8fH9LUXXTULvof8eDeRrv1EHgpFd85GP6kPuDiKz_zstmAdeIaKCl/s1000/port%20construction%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaOH3eSJte1I6S-XJYmUqbSlVaUJRO-LlB4wK9l3sHApBfedpV64skAXpL9KTOUEDUa8DgNm9xLqW-oSEILOFt6S4jMCHmR-7NXmr0Prk7LyJsInRYwx4KNoCrYwHRoZ4urIE2JvHxjoiBSRCGaHO1LJT6y7ucmhZQCjr92UYIRNkADoCpug64=w448-h362" width="448" /></a></div></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>T</b></div></span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-19462538236995873392023-09-10T16:16:00.004-05:002023-09-10T16:16:43.756-05:00Dangerous Ohio Constitutional Amendment<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4__n1wqKL1aeKijvabUtn73r6iDEZx7bMiQ4fL-Wrrk7pXl3Ezs0bOyJ5XZ2tNFIb3QL8hLBx9GqSjnUu9FGYHQ2QcoIWW8yVZplvq1ubNWctnJPd4Lo2ezy1SpR1NxfqLKCI1HuhZ4fQjMkwnTXC6jozM-Fw2oB8umdY3mWGSZsPhiF8E5Ze/s252/Rosary.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="200" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4__n1wqKL1aeKijvabUtn73r6iDEZx7bMiQ4fL-Wrrk7pXl3Ezs0bOyJ5XZ2tNFIb3QL8hLBx9GqSjnUu9FGYHQ2QcoIWW8yVZplvq1ubNWctnJPd4Lo2ezy1SpR1NxfqLKCI1HuhZ4fQjMkwnTXC6jozM-Fw2oB8umdY3mWGSZsPhiF8E5Ze/w310-h368/Rosary.png" width="310" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Beginning Friday, September 15th,
Catholics across the state of Ohio
will be joining in prayer for the
protection of human life and
dignity and the defeat of the
dangerous constitutional amendment on the Ohio ballot this
November. A 54-Day Rosary
Novena will be prayed from
September 15th through Election
Day, November 7th. Visit
www.pray54ohio.org
for more information.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Fra Chris</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">T</span></b></p>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-24260213427395272452023-06-13T22:46:00.002-05:002023-06-13T22:46:21.055-05:00Christ Is The Basis Of Our Catholic Faith<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjP4NuaHysd50ROE_OdFl2n0D0ayT5yy8Jj55NDfFNoTnX5oSRjU6yc6KLsP_mBjpDBj7j7DiRH_d8OkF1tx6Shi1Wj3CxuPeNCzsLq49FjmzFCzOZw17Okr08_l6AKLz0UuSjiVgIbPP7rHBbl7GU3UQu-n0XaXdU0F6OSL9XKxaFKL1e2dQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="545" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjP4NuaHysd50ROE_OdFl2n0D0ayT5yy8Jj55NDfFNoTnX5oSRjU6yc6KLsP_mBjpDBj7j7DiRH_d8OkF1tx6Shi1Wj3CxuPeNCzsLq49FjmzFCzOZw17Okr08_l6AKLz0UuSjiVgIbPP7rHBbl7GU3UQu-n0XaXdU0F6OSL9XKxaFKL1e2dQ=w305-h382" width="305" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">If Christ is truly the basis for our Catholic faith, then our every action must be considered with great reverence in mind. If He is not then our very existence is moot.</span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); color: #0f1419; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); color: #0f1419; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b></span></span></p>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-33489026629479377632023-03-18T11:46:00.003-05:002023-03-18T11:46:24.067-05:00St. Francis Regarding Ezekiel 3:18<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5BZe6Q_Uckmkzxvdb6D0sLWRQxcx7WVI5TH9D_Ma8IszmpPoLpg3_C3trenlhUXhtgVxFzv2GXWR2Ig0V6xK4lsj6ccqSvEnOgc6iRwIvsp5u0VZ1COgTZ8ovZt8-cBuFxDZhnm2LSIw5A_JRLV1uoDc_fhpsxBIrBvTASI4qBwHF0MLPSQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="400" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5BZe6Q_Uckmkzxvdb6D0sLWRQxcx7WVI5TH9D_Ma8IszmpPoLpg3_C3trenlhUXhtgVxFzv2GXWR2Ig0V6xK4lsj6ccqSvEnOgc6iRwIvsp5u0VZ1COgTZ8ovZt8-cBuFxDZhnm2LSIw5A_JRLV1uoDc_fhpsxBIrBvTASI4qBwHF0MLPSQ=w425-h290" width="425" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Photo of the T.O.R. Sisters of Steubenville, Ohio</span></b></div></b><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">"I would take it to mean that you should be so on fire with life and holiness that the light of your example and the manner of your speaking would be a reproach to the wicked. So, as I understand it, your life shining and your goodness spreading like a sweet odor will proclaim to the wicked their own wickedness."</span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-115434407830349287" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Celano - Second Life</span></span></div><br style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span face="Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif" style="color: #29303b;">T</span> </b></span></p>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-15781092925265842262023-03-18T11:40:00.006-05:002023-03-18T11:40:41.063-05:00The Heart's Innocence<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj61c2Xt97vw8Fy_oh80Nu3ZLINZHX2i09Vos1V3MJNsElC0OSmYguBZMa79rgCXnek9tvsz4yxlinuV5RmrXYi2pQFHn9al7w1boBMv885fVMH9UWNUJOFBT5JqN8tsNlH6sLIKlTaqSlAw7wio1UKm1YMOOphKxyFauK27MJ7RQgu_BVSFw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj61c2Xt97vw8Fy_oh80Nu3ZLINZHX2i09Vos1V3MJNsElC0OSmYguBZMa79rgCXnek9tvsz4yxlinuV5RmrXYi2pQFHn9al7w1boBMv885fVMH9UWNUJOFBT5JqN8tsNlH6sLIKlTaqSlAw7wio1UKm1YMOOphKxyFauK27MJ7RQgu_BVSFw" width="438" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Photo of Fra Chris in front of the Portiuncula Hermitage in Jerusalem, Ohio holding "Sorello Chiara," (Sister Clair)</span></b></div><br /><p></p><div style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Since spiritual joy springs from the heart's innocence and the purity of incessant prayer, these are the two virtues we need to acquire and keep."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Saint Francis of Assisi</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Mirror of Perfection</span></div><p><span style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b></span></p><p><br /></p>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-42204763502086907742023-03-14T11:45:00.005-05:002023-03-14T11:45:43.804-05:00Environmentalists Are Lost In Slavery To A False god<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><em style="text-align: justify;"><br /></em></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><em style="text-align: justify;"></em></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><em style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigiPFyAey26Bzvr2WH54b-ojA0tI1_aM3YarivPM4SvlPH6nLaZ-EylFM464MFN_nG8Yf2MZpEa1VhZGbi54gX2uUM3oEggUEzbO85f8tJtCnzX54Lig3Mk4Tthiv7nLz_Pu7hcFQabl2JGodFmPnDAbze368OK3FN_XcnVTnLI6f9R9doBQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigiPFyAey26Bzvr2WH54b-ojA0tI1_aM3YarivPM4SvlPH6nLaZ-EylFM464MFN_nG8Yf2MZpEa1VhZGbi54gX2uUM3oEggUEzbO85f8tJtCnzX54Lig3Mk4Tthiv7nLz_Pu7hcFQabl2JGodFmPnDAbze368OK3FN_XcnVTnLI6f9R9doBQ" width="425" /></a></em></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><em style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /></em></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><em style="text-align: justify;">For created things are less than the human person. They are made for you, not you for them, and so they can never satisfy you. Only I can satisfy you...These souls in one way or another have identified with the earth in their love, and so they have in fact become earth themselves...Some lose me in their slavery to creatures...And the more disordered their love in possessing, the greater is their grief in loss....They suffer because they do not have what they long for.</em></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><strong><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Catherine of Siena</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><br /></strong></div></span></strong><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><em><div style="text-align: justify;"><em>If through delight in the beauty of these things</em></div></em><em><div style="text-align: justify;"><em>men assumed them to be gods,</em></div></em><em><div style="text-align: justify;"><em>let them know how much better than these is the Lord,</em></div></em><em><div style="text-align: justify;"><em>for the author of beauty created them...</em></div></em><em><div style="text-align: justify;"><em>For from the greatness and beauty of created things</em></div></em><em><div style="text-align: justify;"><em>comes a corresponding perception of their Creator...</em></div></em><em><div style="text-align: justify;"><em>and they trust in what they see,</em></div></em><em><div style="text-align: justify;"><em>because the things that are seen are beautiful.</em></div></em><em><div style="text-align: justify;"><em>Yet again, not even they are to be excused;</em></div></em><em><div style="text-align: justify;"><em>for if they had the power to know so much</em></div></em><em><div style="text-align: justify;"><em>they could investigate the world,</em></div></em><em><div style="text-align: justify;"><em>how did they fail to find sooner the Lord of these things?</em></div></em></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Wisdom 13:3, 5, 7b-9</span></strong></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong></div><div style="color: #783f04; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><strong><br /></strong></div><div style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><strong><br /></strong></div><div style="color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b></span></div>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-46052349119932281402023-03-10T11:52:00.002-05:002023-03-10T12:05:57.277-05:00The Servant Of God Must Show Joy!<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMC7KYxq_GRKCGme2zLPa1LH2F1cm6yZDvrdpwDMOVSXWIr5JYZxbdD8d_MbbyQFxiw1jFHBluvrn5ADxaM7Llfn9e1hJcNp4VpACgN6N133BpXduJ_wTLvO8cOXViMw2UQE5IoS9LA-QTP4SQ2E3tZn8p3cicnqzgfqCTWz7Z4R_vRH97Pg/s364/novices08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="364" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMC7KYxq_GRKCGme2zLPa1LH2F1cm6yZDvrdpwDMOVSXWIr5JYZxbdD8d_MbbyQFxiw1jFHBluvrn5ADxaM7Llfn9e1hJcNp4VpACgN6N133BpXduJ_wTLvO8cOXViMw2UQE5IoS9LA-QTP4SQ2E3tZn8p3cicnqzgfqCTWz7Z4R_vRH97Pg/w453-h293/novices08.jpg" width="453" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Photo of the T.O.R. Sisters of Steubenville</span></b><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p><h3 class="post-title" style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #1b0431; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #663300;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If Saint Francis saw any of his companions with a sad or downcast countenance, he reproved him, saying: "If thou art grieving over thy sins, my brother, why dost thou show thy sorrow exteriorly? Let this sadness be between thee and God, and pray to him that through his mercy he may spare thee and restore to thy soul the joy of salvation, which thou hast lost through thy sins. But before me and others, show thyself always joyful, for it does not become the servant of God to manifest sadness exteriorly, nor to have a troubled countenance."<br /></span></span></h3><div style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #663300; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />St. Francis of Assisi<br />Miscellaneous Writings</span></div><div style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #663300; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></span></div>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-59490214353010878252023-03-10T11:43:00.002-05:002023-03-10T11:43:54.246-05:00Footprints In The Water<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3huZLLY11t-gH5s-FRC1vWCANCTzTmqiyLtMbOszJigWkR5KU1DUWYfABiBb_ADkABIbg3PzyGu07fiZdVo-0V1Lw-jdKOPdy_FnIeZtsMGV4Fdc5LAp1TBcn6gjPFbhbsEjIFaNOQc4x1wpLAGjRbV09K9WPMDaQQhmA5Oj_sjC40ZGUmw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="468" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3huZLLY11t-gH5s-FRC1vWCANCTzTmqiyLtMbOszJigWkR5KU1DUWYfABiBb_ADkABIbg3PzyGu07fiZdVo-0V1Lw-jdKOPdy_FnIeZtsMGV4Fdc5LAp1TBcn6gjPFbhbsEjIFaNOQc4x1wpLAGjRbV09K9WPMDaQQhmA5Oj_sjC40ZGUmw=w435-h321" width="435" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><div style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #663300;">To say that the road the soul travels to God is through the sea (the Prophet Baruch) and that His footsteps are in the many waters and so unknowable is to say that the way to God is as hidden to the inner senses as would be footprints on the water of the outer senses. The traces God leaves on the souls He wants to bring to Himself are unrecognizable. Secret.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #663300;">St. John of the Cross</span><br /><span style="color: #663300;">Dark Night of the Soul</span><br /><span style="color: #663300;">Night of the Spirit</span></span><br /></div><br style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: #fff3db; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">T</span> </span></p>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-67750213342373909782023-03-05T22:04:00.006-05:002023-03-05T22:05:43.158-05:00The Power Of Christ Compels You!<pre class="tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta" data-placeholder="Translation" id="tw-target-text" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; border: none; color: #202124; font-family: inherit; font-size: 28px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: -2px; margin-top: -2px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 0.14em 2px 0px; position: relative; resize: none; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 270px;"><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="la">Virtus Christi urget te!</span></pre><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="378" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AKRSDV7BnWo" width="418" youtube-src-id="AKRSDV7BnWo"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></div><br /> <p></p>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-1568452012942111492023-03-05T12:26:00.004-05:002023-03-05T15:29:31.124-05:00THE FRANCISAN LAY APOSTOLATE FOLLOWS THE PERIMITIVE RULE OF 1221<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0mwXprQGU01a8MiHXYG27-qu1mvU0yYmD2P2xkUZv_SRrxgH0w18hVUuXLmYorYsKf2llDoEsfJ1VAG04zrjtZP-j4d20EnlBxP2KinOvXw2JMXLlIySLEKdnl9TNh0QXnY--tXbWOjlyF5VHJdCwnzj-MjfqiKIsim5X-ZIqxNzVeG7bg/s900/Tau.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0mwXprQGU01a8MiHXYG27-qu1mvU0yYmD2P2xkUZv_SRrxgH0w18hVUuXLmYorYsKf2llDoEsfJ1VAG04zrjtZP-j4d20EnlBxP2KinOvXw2JMXLlIySLEKdnl9TNh0QXnY--tXbWOjlyF5VHJdCwnzj-MjfqiKIsim5X-ZIqxNzVeG7bg/w407-h325/Tau.jpg" width="407" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Here begins the Rule of the Continent Brothers and Sisters: In the Name of the Father and
of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
The memorial of what is proposed for the Brothers and Sisters of Penance, living in their
own homes, begun in the year of our Lord 1221, is as follows. </p><p>CHAPTER I: DAILY LIFE </p><p>1. The men belonging to this brotherhood shall dress in humble, undyed cloth, the price
of which is not to exceed six Ravenna soldi[2] an ell[3], unless for evident and necessary
cause a temporary dispensation be given. And breadth and thinness of the cloth are to be
considered in said price. </p><p>2. They shall wear their outer garments and furred coats without open throat, sewed shut
or uncut but certainly laced up, not open as secular people wear them; and they shall wear
their sleeves closed. </p><p>3. The sisters in turn shall wear an outer garment and tunic made of cloth of the same
price and humble quality; or at least they are to have with the outer garment a white or
black underwrap or petticoat, or an ample linen gown without gathers[4], the price of an
ell of which is not to exceed twelve Pisa denars.[5] As to this price, however, and the fur
cloaks they wear a dispensation may be given according to the estate of the woman and
the custom of the place. They are not to wear silken or dyed veils and ribbons. </p><p> 4. And both the brothers and the sisters shall have their fur garments of lamb's wool
only. They are permitted to have leather purses and belts sewed in simple fashion without
silken thread, and no other kind. Also other vain adornments they shall lay aside at the
bidding of the Visitor. </p><p> 5. They are not to go to unseemly parties or to shows or dances. They shall not donate to
actors[6], and shall forbid their household to donate. </p><p>CHAPTER II: ABSTINENCE </p><p>6. All are to abstain from meat save on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, except on
account of illness or weakness, for three days at blood-letting, in traveling, or on account
of a specially high feast intervening, namely, the Nativity for three days, New Year's,
Epiphany, the Pasch of the Resurrection for three days, Assumption of the glorious
Virgin Mary, the solemnity of All Saints and of St. Martin[7]. On the other days, when
there is no fasting, they may eat cheese and eggs. But when they are with religious in
their convent homes, they have leave to eat what is served to them. And except for the
feeble, the ailing, and those traveling, let them be content with dinner and supper. Let the
healthy be temperate in eating and drinking. </p><p>7. Before their dinner and supper let them say the Lord's prayer once, likewise after their
meal, and let them give thanks to God. Otherwise let them say three Our Fathers. </p><p>CHAPTER III: FASTING </p><p>8. From the Pasch of the Resurrection to the feast of All Saints they are to fast on Fridays.
From the feast of All Saints until Easter they are to fast on Wednesdays and Fridays, but
still observing the other fasts enjoined in general by the Church. </p><p>9. They are to fast daily, except on account of infirmity or any other need, throughout the
fast of St. Martin from after said day until Christmas, and throughout the greater fast
from Carnival Sunday[8] until Easter. </p><p>10. Sisters who are pregnant are free to refrain until their purification from the corporal
observances except those regarding their dress and prayers. </p><p>11. Those engaged in fatiguing work shall be allowed to take food three times a day from
the Pasch of the Resurrection until the Dedication feast of St. Michael[9]. And when they
work for others it will be allowed them to eat everything served to them, except on
Fridays and on the fasts enjoined in general by the Church.
CHAPTER IV: PRAYER </p><p>12. All are daily to say the seven canonical Hours, that is: Matins[10], Prime[11],
Terce[12], Sext[13], None[14], Vespers[15], and Compline[16]. The clerics are to say
them after the manner of the clergy. Those who know the Psalter are to say the Deus in
nomine tuo (Psalm 54) and the Beati Immaculati (Psalm 119) up to the Legem pone
(Verse 33) for Prime, and the other psalms of the Hours, with the Glory Be to the Father;
but when they do not attend church, they are to say for Matins the psalms the Church says
or any eighteen psalms; or at least to say the Our Father as do the unlettered at any of the
Hours. The others say twelve Our Fathers for Matins and for every one of the other Hours
seven Our Fathers with the Glory Be to the Father after each one. And those who know
the Creed and the Miserere mei Deus (Ps. 51) should say it at Prime and Compline. If
they do not say that at the Hours indicated, they shall say three Our Fathers. </p><p>13. The sick are not to say the Hours unless they wish. </p><p>14. All are to go to Matins in the fast of St. Martin and in the great fast, unless
inconvenience for persons or affairs should threaten. </p><p>CHAPTER V: THE SACRAMENTS, OTHER MATTERS </p><p>15. They are to make a confession of their sins three times a year and to receive
Communion at Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost. They are to be reconciled with their
neighbors and to restore what belongs to others. They are to make up for past tithes and
pay future tithes. </p><p>16. They are not to take up lethal weapons, or bear them about, against anybody. </p><p>17. All are to refrain from formal oaths unless where necessity compels, in the cases
excepted by the Sovereign Pontiff in his indult, that is, for peace, for the Faith, under
calumny, and in bearing witness. </p><p>18. Also in their ordinary conversations they will do their best to avoid oaths. And should
anyone have sworn thoughtlessly through a slip of the tongue, as happens where there is
much talking, he should the evening of the same day, when he is obliged to think over
what he has done, say three Our Fathers in amends of such oaths. Let each member
fortify his household to serve God. </p><p>CHAPTER VI: SPECIAL MASS AND MEETING EACH MONTH</p><p>19. All the brothers and sisters of every city and place are to foregather every month at
the time the ministers see fit, in a church which the ministers will make known, and there
assist at Divine Services. </p><p>20. And every member is to give the treasurer one ordinary denar[17]. The treasurer is to
collect this money and distribute it on the advice of the ministers among the poor brothers
and sisters, especially the sick and those who may have nothing for their funeral services,
and thereupon among the poor; and they are to offer something of the money to the
aforesaid church. </p><p>21. And, if it be convenient at the time, they are to have some religious who is informed
in the words of God to exhort them and strengthen them to persevere in their penance and
in performing the works of mercy. And except for the officers, they are to remain quiet
during the Mass and sermon, intent on the Office, on prayer, and on the sermon. </p><p>CHAPTER VII: VISITING THE SICK, BURYING THE DEAD </p><p>22. Whenever any brother or sister happens to fall ill, the ministers, if the patient let them
know of it, shall in person or through others visit the patient once a week, and remind
him of penance; and if they find it expedient, they are to supply him from the common
fund with what he may need for the body. </p><p>23. And if the ailing person depart from this life, it is to be published to the brothers and
sisters who may be present in the city or place, so that they may gather for the funeral;
and they are not to leave until the Mass has been celebrated and the body consigned to
burial. Thereupon each member within eight days of the demise shall say for the soul of
the deceased: a Mass, if he is a priest; fifty psalms, if he understands the Psalter, or if not,
then fifty Our Fathers with the Requiem aeternam[18] at the end of each. </p><p>24. In addition, every year, for the welfare of the brothers and sisters living and dead,
each priest is to say three Masses, each member knowing the Psalter is to recite it, and the
rest shall say one hundred Our Fathers with the Requiem aeternam at the end of each. </p><p>25. All who have the right are to make their last will and make disposition of their goods
within three months after their profession, lest anyone of them die intestate. </p><p>26. As regards making peace among the brothers and sisters or non-members at odds, let
what the ministers find proper be done; even, if it be expedient, upon consultation with
the Lord Bishop. </p><p>27. If contrary to their right and privileges trouble is made for the brothers and sisters by
the mayors and governors of the places where they live, the ministers of the place shall
do what they shall find expedient on the advice of the Lord Bishop. </p><p>28. Let each member accept and faithfully exercise the ministry of other offices imposed
on him, although anyone may retire from office after a year. </p><p>29. When anybody wishes to enter this brotherhood, the ministers shall carefully inquire
into his standing and occupation, and they shall explain to him the obligations of the
brotherhood, especially that of restoring what belongs to others. And it he is content with
it, let him be vested according to the prescribed way, and he must make satisfaction for
his debts, paying money according to what pledged provision is given. They are to
reconcile themselves with their neighbors and to pay up their tithes. </p><p>30. After these particulars are complied with, when the year is up and he seems suitable
to them, let him on the advice of some discreet brothers be received on this condition:
that he promise he will all the time of his life observe everything here written, or to be
written or abated on the advice of the brothers, unless on occasion there be a valid
dispensation by the ministers; and that he will, when called upon by the ministers, render
satisfaction as the Visitor shall ordain if he have done anything contrary to this condition.
And this promise is to be put in writing then and there by a public notary. Even so
nobody is to be received otherwise, unless in consideration of the estate and rank of the
person it shall seem advisable to the ministers. </p><p>31. No one is to depart from this brotherhood and from what is contained herein, except
to enter a religious Order. </p><p>32. No heretic or person in bad repute for heresy is to be received. If he is under
suspicion of it, he may be admitted if otherwise fit, upon being cleared before the bishop. </p><p>33. Married women are not to be received except with the consent and leave of their
husbands. </p><p>34. Brothers and sisters ejected form the brotherhood as incorrigible are not to be
received in it again except it please the saner portion of the brothers. </p><p>CHAPTER VIII: CORRECTION, DISPENSATION, OFFICERS </p><p>35. The ministers of any city or place shall report public faults of the brothers and sisters
to the Visitor for punishment. And if anyone proves incorrigible, after consultation with
some of the discreet brothers he should be denounced to the Visitor, to be expelled by
him from the brotherhood, and thereupon it should be published in the meeting.
Moreover, if it is a brother, he should be denounced to the mayor or the governor. </p><p>36. If anyone learns that a scandal is occurring relative to brothers and sisters, he shall
report it to the ministers and shall have opportunity to report it to the Visitor. He need not
be held to report it in the case of husband against wife. </p><p>37. The Visitor has the power to dispense all the brothers and sisters in any of these
points if he finds it advisable. </p><p>38. When the year has passed, the ministers with the counsel of the brothers are to elect
two other ministers; and a faithful treasurer, who is to provide for the need of the brothers
and sisters and other poor; and messengers who at the command of the ministers are to
publish what is said and done by the fraternity.</p><p> 39. In all the above mentioned points no one is to be obligated under guilt, but under
penalty; yet so that if after being admonished twice by the ministers he should fail to
discharge the penalty imposed or to be imposed on him by the Visitor, he shall be
obligated under guilt as contumacious. </p><p>HERE ENDS THE RULE OF THE CONTINENT. </p><p>Author: Cardinal Hugolino dei Conti dei Segni who wrote this Rule at the request of St.
Francis of Assisi, 1221 </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b></span></p>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21494882.post-7352613361425183762023-03-04T14:28:00.002-05:002023-03-14T13:06:29.002-05:00Prophesy Of Fr. Michael Scanlan, T.O.R. In 1980<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgH3muhUnoFIL1C3T9eQ1cqzqRjs6wYPeTDWP_xCoJgQfsDQakYDk7dMYE6Y35RhpaiJ8_-KNicr0-zA0FmlOViRps1TZXXRn94RnocOWFxkkhbgMoOtp0AgEDcxjTXWl8uBeYQrLmd9WQgg8gxNpDYrm9phZKU0fwOyAHfJu6BJ2QkJftAvA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="224" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgH3muhUnoFIL1C3T9eQ1cqzqRjs6wYPeTDWP_xCoJgQfsDQakYDk7dMYE6Y35RhpaiJ8_-KNicr0-zA0FmlOViRps1TZXXRn94RnocOWFxkkhbgMoOtp0AgEDcxjTXWl8uBeYQrLmd9WQgg8gxNpDYrm9phZKU0fwOyAHfJu6BJ2QkJftAvA=w294-h346" width="294" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Fr. Michael Scanlan, TOR, 1931-2017</b></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: medium;">Father Mike was a gentle giant in the Roman Catholic Faith, and a very dear friend. It seems like just yesterday that on a warm Summer day just the two of us walked and talked about Jesus around the hills on the campus of the Franciscan University of Steubenville. Then, a couple years after that, Fr. Mike was a guest on my radio talk show. That was nearly 20 years ago and I have nothing but fond memories of the greatest leader in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal.</span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><header class="entry-header" style="background-color: #fbf9f5; color: #333333; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; zoom: 1;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border-bottom-style: double; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 3px; color: #3d5a65; font-size: 20px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.35em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fr. Michael Scanlan – Prophecy of 1980</h1></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: #fbf9f5; border: 0px; color: #4d4d4d; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ralph Martin of Renewal Ministries posted another prophecy given to Fr. Michael Scanlan in 1980. For the first prophecy of Fr. Scanlan posted, click <a href="https://www.countdowntothekingdom.com/fr-scanlan-prophecy-of-1976/" style="border: 0px; color: #2c879e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">here</a>:</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Lord God says, “Hear My Word: The time that has been marked by My blessings and gifts is being replaced now by the period to be marked by my judgment and purification. What I have not accomplished by blessings and gifts, I will accomplish by judgment and purification.</em></strong></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My people, My Church is desperately in need of this judgment. They have continued in an adulterous relationship with the spirit of the world. They are not only infected with sin, but they teach sin, embrace sin, dismiss sin. Their leadership has been unable to handle this. There is fragmentation, confusion, throughout the ranks. Satan goes where he will and infects whom he will. He has free access throughout my people—and I will not stand for this.</em></strong></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My people specially blessed in this renewal are more under the spirit of the world than they are under the Spirit of My baptism. They are more determined by fear of what others will think of them—fears of failure and rejection in the world, loss of respect of neighbors and superiors and those around them—than they are determined by fear of me and fear of infidelity to my word.</em></strong></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Therefore, your situation is very, very weak. Your power is so limited. You cannot be considered at this point in the center of the battle and the conflict that is going on.</em></strong></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">So this time is now come upon all of you: a time of judgment and of purification. Sin will be called sin. Satan will be unmasked. Fidelity will be held up for what it is and should be. My faithful servants will be seen and will come together. They will not be many in number. It will be a difficult and a necessary time. There will be collapse, difficulties throughout the world.</em></strong></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But more to the issue, there will be purification and persecution among my people. You will have to stand for what you believe. You will have to choose between the world and me. You will have to choose what word you will follow and whom you will respect.</em></strong></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And in that choice, what has not been accomplished by the time of blessing and gifts will be accomplished. What has not been accomplished in the baptism and the flooding of gifts of my Spirit will be accomplished in a baptism of fire. The fire will move among you and it will burn out what is chaff. The fire will move among you individually, corporately, in groups, and around the world.</em></strong></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I will not tolerate the situation that is going on. I will not tolerate the mixture and the adulterous treating of gifts and graces and blessings with infidelity, sin, and prostitution. My time is now among you.</em></strong></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What you need to do is to come before Me in total submission to My Word, in total submission to My plan, in the total submission in this new hour. What you need to do is to drop the things that are your own, those things of the past. What you need to do is to see yourselves and those whom you have responsibility for in light of this hour of judgment and purification. You need to see them in that way and do for them what will best help them to stand strong and be among My faithful servants.</em></strong></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For there will be casualties. It will not be easy, but it is necessary. It is necessary that My people be, in fact, my people; that My Church be, in fact, My Church; and that My Spirit, in fact, bring forth the purity of life, the purity and fidelity to the Gospel.</em></strong></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fr. Michael Scanlan TOR, sits in Christ the King Chapel at Franciscan University of Steubenville. Scanlan died at the age of 85 in 2017. </div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>T</b></span></p>Chris Dickson, F.L.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18038516376995377214noreply@blogger.com0