Chapter
1 Pre| Presentation - Assisi 1998~Dear Brothers,~We are pleased to present
2 Pre| and cooperation of all the Brothers, and will foster the unity
3 Pre| consensus regarding the Brothers’ varied and at times differing
4 Pre| for the formation of the Brothers (cf. Const. 23, 6), we earnestly
5 Pre| are applied in practice.~Brothers, may the Lord’s Spirit inspire
6 1 | available for God and for our brothers and sisters.~2. St. Francis’
7 1 | Francis was born "an Order of Brothers" (cf. 1Cel 38). Our whole
8 2 | 2. Brothers among the poor & pluriformity ~
9 2 | poor and becoming their brothers is part and parcel of our
10 2 | and of our tradition as "brothers of the people". ~St. Francis
11 2 | fraternities among the poor: "Those Brothers who, in the particular circumstances
12 2 | and the formation of the Brothers who are members. In addition,
13 2 | Thus, he insists that his Brothers should go about the world
14 2 | witness of life as lesser brothers, before anything else, to
15 2 | therefore propose that the Brothers in each circumscription
16 3 | needs of the community; our Brothers should have equality of
17 3 | for non-cleric and cleric Brothers alike. In order to keep
18 3 | collaboration of all the Brothers in the ordinary daily life
19 3 | many commitments of the Brothers, especially when the houses
20 3 | and interaction with our Brothers. Above all we must ensure
21 3 | life of Francis and of his Brothers, right up to our own day,
22 4 | one’s own, concern for the Brothers’ family of origin should
23 4 | respond to the needs of its Brothers and ministries in ways that
24 4 | world. At the same time, Brothers in any part of the world
25 4 | which the labors of its own Brothers and the alms of its own
26 4 | adequately the fact that we are brothers of the same family. Therefore,
27 4 | 12). In this spirit the Brothers should be committed to peace,
28 4 | Inspired by such motives, the Brothers should continue to work
29 4 | of all creation. We are brothers to all peoples and all creatures (
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