Sun 11 Jul 2010
This attitude of soul towards poverty is in truth the supreme test of the genuine Franciscan spirit whether in life or in art.
~Father Cuthbert, O.S.F.C., “St. Francis and Poverty” from Franciscan Essays
Tags: art, attitude, Cuthbert, Francis, life, O.S.F.C., Poverty, soul, spirit, st francis, supreme test, truthFri 12 Feb 2010
St. Francis was accustomed not to pass over any visitation of the Spirit with negligence. When indeed such was offered, he followed it, and as long as the Lord would permit, he would enjoy the sweetness offered him. When, therefore, while he was pressed by some business or was intent upon a journey, he would taste the sweetest manna in frequent snatches.
~Celano, Second Life, Chapter LXI (via a post on the blog Portiuncula: the Little Portion)
Tags: Celano, journey, manna, negligence, second life, spirit, st francis, sweetness, visitationWed 10 Feb 2010
We lose everything which we leave behind in this world; we can bring with us only the right to a reward for our charity and the alms we have given.
~St. Francis of Assisi, Rule of 1221
Tags: alms, charity, reward, st francis, worldMon 8 Feb 2010
The encounter with the leper made St. Francis.
~Mother Teresa (quote found in this americancatholic.org article)
Tags: americancatholic org, encounter, leper, mother teresa, st francisThu 4 Feb 2010
I counsel, admonish and beg my brothers that, when they travel about the world, they should not be quarrelsome, dispute with words, or criticize others, but rather should be gentle, peaceful and unassuming, courteous and humble, speaking respectfully to all as is fitting.
~St. Francis of Assisi, 1209 Rule (found on the blog Almost Catholic)
Wed 3 Feb 2010
In choosing “failure” from the outset, Francis frees himself from the enormous burden of the opinion of others. Beginning with his own father, he rejects knowing who he is only through others. He becomes a free man, a man whose identity comes from God.
~Murray Bodo, O.F.M. — The Way of St. Francis: The Challenge of Franciscan Spirituality for Everyone
Tags: enormous burden, failure, father, franciscan spirituality, free man, god, identity, murray bodo, opinion, st francisTue 2 Feb 2010
Pure holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
~St. Francis of Assisi, Salutation of the Virtues
Tags: flesh, holy simplicity, salutation, st francis, virtues, wisdomMon 1 Feb 2010
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there is poverty and joy, there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.
~St. Francis of Assisi, Admonition 27
Tags: admonition, anger, anxiety, avarice, charity, doubt, fear, greed, humility, meditation, patience, Peace, Poverty, st francis, wisdomSun 31 Jan 2010
Who we become in God is then his work and not our own success in conforming to some ideal. The self we become in true prayer is seldom the self we envisioned, but it is a new and marvelous self that God fashions out of the gradual redeeming of the false self we now acknowledge as the work of our own misguided idealism. We then know God in what he has done in us to enable us to discover our true face. And in that face only do we see the reflection of God as he really is.
~Murray Bodo, O.F.M. — The Way of St. Francis: The Challenge of Franciscan Spirituality for Everyone
Tags: discover, false self, franciscan spirituality, god, murray bodo, reflection, st francis, success, true face, true prayerFri 29 Jan 2010
We commune with God as we honestly are and not as we would like to be. The idealized self is always dying in prayer, because it cannot bear the truth. And if we let it die and pray from who we are becoming, then our image of God changes as we understand more clearly who we are.
~Murray Bodo, O.F.M. — The Way of St. Francis: The Challenge of Franciscan Spirituality for Everyone
Tags: franciscan spirituality, god changes, image of god, murray bodo, Prayer, st francis, truthTue 26 Jan 2010
It is when we attribute to ourselves and try to hold onto what is in reality God’s gift that we are of the flesh, appropriators who violate holy poverty.
~Murray Bodo, O.F.M. — The Way of St. Francis: The Challenge of Franciscan Spirituality for Everyone
Tags: flesh, franciscan spirituality, god, murray bodo, Poverty, st francis
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