THE PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS
Lord, make me a channel of
thy peace,
that where there is
hatred, I may bring
love;
that where there is wrong, I may bring the
spirit of forgiveness;
that where there is
discord, I may bring
harmony;
that where there is
error, I may bring
truth;
that where there is
doubt, I may bring
faith;
that where there is
despair, I may bring hope;
that where there are
shadows, I may bring light;
that where there is
sadness, I may bring
joy.
Lord, grant that I may seek
rather to
comfort than to be
comforted;
to
understand, than to be
understood;
to love, than to be
loved.
For it is by
self-forgetting that one
finds.
It is by
forgiving that one is
forgiven.
It is by
dying that one
awakens to Eternal Life.
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St. Francis of Assisi with the Birds
(peace symbol)
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St Maximilian Kolbe with the Madonna that offered him
two crowns
and he accepted the both!
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In August 1941
St Maximilian Kolbe, a friar minor conventual, freely gave his life
instead of a prisoner companion who was selected to die in the bunker.
In his life he accepted God's vocation and worked hard to promote the
Gospel principles: with this life and his work.
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From the Rule of St Francis of Assisi
Chapter I
In the name of the Lord, the life of the friars minor begins here.
The rule and life of the friars minor is this: To
observe the holy gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, living in obedience
without anything of our own, and in chastity. Brother Francis promises
obedience and reverence to the Lord Pope Honorius and his canonically
elected successors, and to the Roman Church; and the rest of the
brothers are obliged to obey Francis and his successors.
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St. Francis praying in front of the Crucifix
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The Cross
that at San Damiano spoke to St. Francis
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THE TESTAMENT OF
ST. FRANCIS |
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This
is how God inspired me, Brother Francis, to embark upon a life of
penance. When I was in sin, the sight of lepers nauseated me
beyond measure; but then God himself led me into their company,
and I had pity on them. When I had once become acquainted with
them, what had previously nauseated me became a source of
spiritual and physical consolation for me. After that I did not
wait long before leaving the world.
And
God inspired me with such faith in his churches that I used to
pray with all simplicity, saying, "We adore you, Lord Jesus
Christ, here and in all your churches in the whole world, and we
bless you, because by your holy cross you have redeemed the
world."
God
inspired me, too, and still inspires me with such great faith in
priests who live according to the laws of the holy Church of Rome,
because of their dignity, that if they persecuted me, I should
still be ready to turn to them for aid. |
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