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1 2,1 | Chapter 1~ ~The Franciscan family,
2 3,7 | Chapter 10~ ~United themselves to the
3 3,8 | Chapter 11~ ~Trusting in the Father,
4 3,9 | Chapter 12~ ~Witnessing to the good
5 1 | Sisters of Penance (circa 1210-1215)~ ~
6 1 | Sisters of Penance (circa 1210-1215)~ ~
7 2,3 | succeeding "Memoriale Propositi" (1221) and the rules~approved
8 5 | Blessing of St. Francis (1226):~ ~May whoever observes
9 3,10| Chapter 13~ ~As the Father sees in
10 3,11| Chapter 14~ ~Secular Franciscans, together
11 3,11| spirit of~service.~ ~ Chapter 15~ ~Let them individually
12 3,12| Chapter 16~ ~Let them esteem work both
13 3,13| Chapter 17~ ~In their family they should
14 3,14| Chapter 18~ ~Moreover they should respect
15 3,15| Chapter 19~ ~Mindful that they are
16 2,2 | Chapter 2~ ~The Secular Franciscan
17 4,1 | Chapter 20~ ~The Secular Franciscan
18 4,2 | Chapter 21~ ~On various levels, each
19 4,3 | Chapter 22~ ~The local fraternity is
20 4,4 | Chapter 23~ ~Requests for admission
21 4,5 | Chapter 24~ ~To foster communion among
22 4,6 | Chapter 25~ ~Regarding expenses necessary
23 4,7 | Chapter 26~ ~As a concrete sign of
24 2,3 | Chapter 3~ ~The present rule, succeeding "
25 3,1 | Chapter 4~ ~The rule and life of the
26 3,2 | Chapter 5~ ~Secular Franciscans, therefore,
27 3,3 | Chapter 6~ ~They have been made living
28 3,4 | Chapter 7~ ~United by their vocation
29 3,5 | Chapter 8~ ~As Jesus was the true
30 3,6 | Chapter 9~ ~The Virgin Mary, humble
31 | about
32 3,1 | which he has come to give~abundantly.~ ~Secular Franciscans should
33 4,4 | council decides upon the acceptance of new~brothers and sisters.~ ~
34 3,13| Church. They~should joyfully accompany their children on their
35 1,2 | will have to render "an account on the day~of judgement"
36 1,2 | commands". They see and acknowledge, they know and do bad~things
37 3,9 | yet to come and obliged to acquire purity of heart~because
38 1,2 | given us more, he could have acquired more than he~did." The worms
39 4,4 | Order, if necessary, is an act~of the fraternity council
40 3,2 | encounter the living and~active person of Christ in their
41 3,2 | Church, and in liturgical activity. The faith of Saint~Francis,
42 2,3 | Nicholas IV and Leo XIII, adapts the~Secular Franciscan Order
43 1,1 | have such a beautiful and admirable Spouse, the Holy~Paraclete.~ ~
44 4,5 | youth groups. It should adopt~appropriate means for growth
45 3,6 | declared the protectress and advocate of his family. The Secular~
46 | afterwards
47 4,4 | own manner of living. The age for profession and the distinctive~
48 | alone
49 | already
50 | am
51 1,2 | from his body with such anguish and~tribulation that no
52 3,14| should respect all creatures, animate and inanimate, which~"bear
53 4,2 | levels, each fraternity is animated and guided by a council~
54 1,2 | by carnal desires and the anxieties and cares of~this life.~ ~
55 | anyone
56 4,6 | needs~of worship, of the apostolate, and of charity, all the
57 2,3 | to the~Holy See and its application will be made by the General
58 1,2 | body grows infirm, death approaches, and so it dies a~bitter
59 4,5 | groups. It should adopt~appropriate means for growth in Franciscan
60 3,6 | Franciscans should express their ardent love for her by imitating
61 4,7 | religious for spiritual assistance. They should make~this request
62 | at
63 4,4 | into the Order is gradually attained through a time of~initiation,
64 3,13| Christian education and being~attentive to the vocation of each
65 3,8 | he valued created things attentively and~lovingly. Let the Secular
66 1,2 | acknowledge, they know and do bad~things and knowingly destroy
67 3,3 | and~raised with Christ in baptism; they have been united more
68 4,3 | canonically. It becomes the~basic unit of the whole Order
69 3,10| place themselves~on an equal basis with all people, especially
70 3,15| Mindful that they are bearers of peace which must be built
71 3,8 | Thus, in the spirit of "the Beatitudes," and as pilgrims and strangers
72 1,1 | glorious it is to have such a beautiful and admirable Spouse, the
73 | before
74 1,1 | came from you, they have~believed that it was you who sent
75 1,1 | also for those who will~belive in me through their word
76 2,3 | times. Its interpretation belongs to the~Holy See and its
77 3,8 | the goods~received for the benefit of God's children.~ ~Thus,
78 1,1 | sincere conscience; we give birth to him through a~holy life
79 3,3 | communion with the pope, bishops, and priests, fostering
80 1,1 | pray, not for the~world. Bless and consecrate them, and
81 1,1 | penance.~ ~Oh, how happy and blessed are these men and women
82 3,2 | often said "I see nothing bodily of the Most High Son of
83 | both
84 3,15| circumstance, they should strive to~bring joy and hope to others.~ ~
85 1,1 | glorious it is to have such a Brother and such a Son, loved,~beloved,
86 3,11| the kingdom of God~may be brought about more effectively.
87 3,11| good will, are called to~build a more fraternal and evangelical
88 3,15| bearers of peace which must be built up~unceasingly, they should
89 3,3 | members of the Church by being buried and~raised with Christ in
90 3,6 | open to his every word~and call. She was embraced by Francis
91 3,4 | which the gospel itself calls "conversion." Human frailty
92 1,1 | have known that in truth I came from you, they have~believed
93 4,3 | fraternity is to be established canonically. It becomes the~basic unit
94 4,7 | the council, should take care to ask for a~regular pastoral
95 3,1 | themselves especially to careful~reading of the gospel, going
96 1,2 | desires and the anxieties and cares of~this life.~ ~These are
97 1,2 | world, in their bodies, by carnal desires and the anxieties
98 3,4 | that this conversion be carried out daily.~ ~On this road
99 2,2 | an organic union of all Catholic fraternities scattered throughout~
100 3,1 | the inspiration and the center of his life~with God and
101 4,7 | Fraternity has been united for centuries.~ ~To promote fidelity to
102 3,4 | of that radical interior~change which the gospel itself
103 2,3 | Church~in the conditions of changing times. Its interpretation
104 3,13| to the vocation of each child.~ ~
105 3,11| they should make~definite choices in harmony with their faith.~ ~
106 3,8 | Trusting in the Father, Christ chose for himself and his mother
107 1 | and Sisters of Penance (circa 1210-1215)~ ~
108 2,2 | special place in this family circle.~It is an organic union
109 3,15| of perfect joy in every circumstance, they should strive to~bring
110 3,7 | proper to their various circumstances of life. Let them also follow
111 3,11| Let them individually and collectively be in the forefront in promoting~
112 5 | with the Holy Spirit, the Comforter.~ ~ ~
113 1,2 | who turn away~from your commands". They see and acknowledge,
114 1,2 | pleasant to the body to commit sin and it is~bitter to
115 4,4 | its nature is a permanent commitment.~ ~Members who find themselves
116 2,1 | present the charism of their common Seraphic Father in the life
117 1,1 | Father, to have them in my company where I am to see~this glory
118 4,7 | regular pastoral visit by the competent religious superiors as well
119 3,11| exercise their responsibilities competently in Christian spirit of~service.~ ~
120 3,6 | for her by imitating her~complete self-giving and by praying
121 3,14| creation to the Franciscan concept of~universal kinship.~ ~
122 4,7 | Chapter 26~ ~As a concrete sign of communion and coresponsibility,
123 1,2 | and sin and~yield to evil concupiscence and to the wicked desires
124 3,6 | by praying earnestly and confidently.~ ~
125 3,4 | of the gospel, let them conform their~thoughts and deeds
126 1,1 | love and a pure and sincere conscience; we give birth to him through
127 4,7 | minister or~president, with the consent of the council, should take
128 3,5 | Father, so let prayer and~contemplation be the soul of all they
129 4,5 | fraternity. This communion continues with~deceased brothers and
130 4,6 | Local~fraternities should contribute toward the expenses of the
131 4,6 | and~sisters should offer a contribution according to their means.
132 4,1 | various fraternities are~coordinated and united according to
133 4,7 | concrete sign of communion and coresponsibility, the councils on~various
134 3,11| their human lives and their courageous~initiatives. Especially
135 3,10| Franciscans with a gentle~and courteous spirit accept all people
136 3,10| whom~they shall strive to create conditions of life worthy
137 3,8 | life, even though he valued created things attentively and~lovingly.
138 3,3 | apostolic effectiveness and creativity.~ ~
139 3,14| they should respect all creatures, animate and inanimate,
140 3,7 | also follow the~poor and crucified Christ, witness to him even
141 3,13| their family they should cultivate the Franciscan spirit of
142 3,4 | conversion be carried out daily.~ ~On this road to renewal
143 4,5 | communion continues with~deceased brothers and sisters through
144 4,4 | fraternity, whose council decides upon the acceptance of new~
145 3,6 | with indescribable love and~declared the protectress and advocate
146 3,4 | conform their~thoughts and deeds to those of Christ by means
147 1,1 | peaceful, sweet, lovable, and desirable above all: Our~Lord Jesus
148 1,1 | being one as we~are. And I desire, Father, to have them in
149 1,2 | bad~things and knowingly destroy their own souls.~ ~See,
150 3,8 | seek a proper spirit of detachment~from temporal goods by simplifying
151 4,3 | the privileged place for developing a~sense of Church and the
152 | did
153 4,2 | fraternities are structured in different ways~according to the norm
154 4,4 | particular difficulties should discuss~their problems with the
155 4,4 | Withdrawal or permanent dismissal from the Order, if necessary,
156 4,4 | age for profession and the distinctive~Franciscan sign are regulated
157 1,2 | and~friends who take and divide them and say afterwards, "
158 4,1 | Secular Franciscan Order is divided into fraternities of various~
159 | does
160 | during
161 3,7 | them faithfully fulfill the duties~proper to their various
162 4,2 | willing spirit and is a duty of responsibility to each
163 1,1 | will make "his home and dwelling among them", and~they are
164 3,4 | penance," and~motivated by the dynamic power of the gospel, let
165 3,6 | self-giving and by praying earnestly and confidently.~ ~
166 5 | most high Father, and on earth with that of his beloved
167 1,2 | and soul~during this short earthly life and will go into the
168 1,2 | than he~did." The worms eat up the body and so they
169 4,5 | growth in Franciscan and ecclesial life and~encourage everyone
170 3,13| simple and open Christian education and being~attentive to the
171 3,11| may be brought about more effectively. Mindful that anyone "who
172 3,3 | trusting dialogue of apostolic effectiveness and creativity.~ ~
173 4,2 | minister (or president) who are elected by the professed according
174 4,5 | Franciscan and ecclesial life and~encourage everyone to a life of fraternity.
175 1,2 | can know it except he who endures it, and all the~talents
176 1,2 | blind, deceived by your enemies, the world, the flesh~and
177 3,3 | let them devote themselves energetically to living in full~communion
178 4,4 | The entire community is engaged in this process of growth
179 4,3 | Franciscan vocation and for enlivening the~apostolic life of its
180 4,4 | profession of~the rule. The entire community is engaged in
181 3,10| to place themselves~on an equal basis with all people, especially
182 4,3 | local fraternity is to be established canonically. It becomes
183 3,12| Chapter 16~ ~Let them esteem work both as a gift and
184 3,5 | the Church, above all the~Eucharist. Let them join in liturgical
185 3,2 | inspiration and pattern of their eucharistic life.~ ~
186 3,11| build a more fraternal and evangelical world so that the kingdom
187 1,2 | vices and sin and~yield to evil concupiscence and to the
188 3,11| a man himself," let them~exercise their responsibilities competently
189 1 | Prologue: Exhortation of St. Francis to the Brothers
190 2,3 | Franciscan Order to the needs and expectations of the Holy Church~in the
191 3,14| move from~the temptation of exploiting creation to the Franciscan
192 3,6 | Secular~Franciscans should express their ardent love for her
193 3,7 | Father's hands, let them faithfully fulfill the duties~proper
194 3,10| sees in every person the features of his Son, the firstborn~
195 3,11| initiatives. Especially in the field of public life, they should
196 5 | whoever observes all this be filled in heaven with the blessing
197 4,4 | commitment.~ ~Members who find themselves in particular
198 3,10| features of his Son, the firstborn~of many brothers and sisters,
199 3,1 | our Lord Jesus Christ by following the example of Saint Francis~
200 3,11| Mindful that anyone "who follows~Christ, the perfect man,
201 2,1 | to follow Christ in the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi.
202 3,11| and collectively be in the forefront in promoting~justice by
203 4,4 | initiation, a period of formation of at least one year, and
204 3,3 | Therefore, they should go forth as witnesses~and instruments
205 4,5 | Chapter 24~ ~To foster communion among members,
206 3,3 | pope, bishops, and priests, fostering an open and~trusting dialogue
207 4,7 | to the superiors of the four religious Franciscan families,~
208 1,2 | and with divine love the fragrant~words of our Lord Jesus
209 3,4 | calls "conversion." Human frailty makes it~necessary that
210 3,9 | they should set themselves~free to love God and their brothers
211 4,5 | should organize regular~and frequent meetings of the community
212 1,2 | their goods to relatives and~friends who take and divide them
213 1,1 | Christ, and produce worthy fruits of penance.~ ~Oh, how happy
214 3,3 | energetically to living in full~communion with the pope,
215 2,3 | application will be made by the General Constitutions~and particular
216 3,10| Secular Franciscans with a gentle~and courteous spirit accept
217 1,2 | soul~because he could have given us more, he could have acquired
218 3,15| resurrection of Christ, which gives true~meaning to Sister Death,
219 1,1 | company where I am to see~this glory of mine in your kingdom."~ ~
220 2,1 | members of the people of~God--laity, religious, and priests--
221 3,1 | careful~reading of the gospel, going from gospel to life and
222 4,4 | Admission into the Order is gradually attained through a time
223 1,1 | glorious it is to have a great and holy Father in heaven!
224 4,7 | the rule and~to receive greater support in the life of the
225 2,2 | world and open to every group of the faithful. In these
226 1,2 | you are~ignorant. The body grows infirm, death approaches,
227 4,2 | their regions, and under the guidance of their~respective council.~ ~
228 4,2 | fraternity is animated and guided by a council~and minister (
229 1,2 | or how man dies, in the guilt~of sin, without penance
230 | had
231 1,1 | fruits of penance.~ ~Oh, how happy and blessed are these men
232 1,1 | neighbors as themselves and~hate their bodies with their
233 3,8 | should strive to purify their~hearts from every tendency and
234 1,1 | they are the sons of the heavenly Father, whose works they
235 2,2 | Secular Franciscan Order holds a special place in this
236 3,15| strive to~bring joy and hope to others.~ ~Since they
237 1,2 | deceived, for the day and the hour will come to which~you give
238 3,13| the grace of matrimony, husbands and wives in particular
239 | if
240 1,2 | know and of which you are~ignorant. The body grows infirm,
241 3,10| gift of the Lord and an image~of Christ.~ ~A sense of
242 3,6 | their ardent love for her by imitating her~complete self-giving
243 3,15| others.~ ~Since they are immersed in the resurrection of Christ,
244 3,14| inanimate, which~"bear the imprint of the Most High," and they
245 3,14| all creatures, animate and inanimate, which~"bear the imprint
246 3,6 | embraced by Francis with indescribable love and~declared the protectress
247 3,11| Chapter 15~ ~Let them individually and collectively be in the
248 1,2 | life and will go into the inferno where they~will suffer torture
249 1,2 | ignorant. The body grows infirm, death approaches, and so
250 4,4 | attained through a time of~initiation, a period of formation of
251 3,11| lives and their courageous~initiatives. Especially in the field
252 3,3 | to rebuild the Church and inspired by his~example, let them
253 3,3 | go forth as witnesses~and instruments of her mission among all
254 2,1 | union with each other, they intend to~make present the charism
255 3,4 | by means of that radical interior~change which the gospel
256 4,1 | regional, national, and international. Each one has its~own moral
257 2,3 | conditions of changing times. Its interpretation belongs to the~Holy See
258 3,3 | they have been united more intimately with~the Church by profession.
259 | itself
260 2,3 | Supreme Pontiffs Nicholas IV and Leo XIII, adapts the~
261 3,5 | the~Eucharist. Let them join in liturgical prayer in
262 3,13| their human and spiritual~journey by providing a simple and
263 3,10| community will make them joyful and ready to place themselves~
264 3,13| his Church. They~should joyfully accompany their children
265 1,2 | an account on the day~of judgement" before the tribunal of
266 3,11| the forefront in promoting~justice by the testimony of their
267 1,2 | to them.~ ~And may they keep them in their mind and carry
268 4,7 | councils on~various levels, in keeping with the constitutions,
269 1,2 | charity that is God to accept kindly and with divine love the
270 3,14| Franciscan concept of~universal kinship.~ ~
271 1,2 | know and do bad~things and knowingly destroy their own souls.~ ~
272 1,2 | the~talents and power and "knowledge and wisdom" which they thought
273 1,1 | they~received it. They have known that in truth I came from
274 2,1 | members of the people of~God--laity, religious, and priests--
275 4,2 | Their service, which lasts for a definite period, is
276 3,1 | into~which the Holy Spirit leads us, and the life which he
277 | least
278 1,2 | away from them, and they leave their goods to relatives
279 2,2 | the brothers and sisters, led by the Spirit, strive for
280 2,3 | Pontiffs Nicholas IV and Leo XIII, adapts the~Secular
281 1,2 | those into whose hands this letter shall have come we ask in
282 4,1 | fraternities of various~levels--local, regional, national,
283 2,1 | various~ways and forms but in life-giving union with each other, they
284 | like
285 3,11| testimony of their human lives and their courageous~initiatives.
286 1,2 | vanities of this world for a long time.~ ~But you have been
287 1,2 | the body and so they have lost body and soul~during this
288 1,1 | humble, peaceful, sweet, lovable, and desirable above all:
289 1,1 | Brother and such a Son, loved,~beloved, humble, peaceful,
290 3,8 | created things attentively and~lovingly. Let the Secular Franciscans
291 3,10| people, especially with the lowly for whom~they shall strive
292 | makes
293 4,2 | for a definite period, is marked by a ready~and willing spirit
294 3,6 | Chapter 9~ ~The Virgin Mary, humble servant of the Lord,
295 3,8 | by simplifying their own material needs. Let them be~mindful
296 3,13| By living the grace of matrimony, husbands and wives in particular
297 1,2 | dies a~bitter death, and no matter where or when or how man
298 3,15| Christ, which gives true~meaning to Sister Death, let them
299 4,5 | the community as well as meeting with other~Franciscan groups,
300 4,5 | organize regular~and frequent meetings of the community as well
301 4,2 | of responsibility to each member and to~the community.~ ~
302 2,3 | present rule, succeeding "Memoriale Propositi" (1221) and the
303 3,4 | privileged~sign of the Father's mercy and the source of grace.~ ~
304 1,1 | I entrusted to them the message you entrusted to me and
305 3,15| power of love and pardon.~ ~Messengers of perfect joy in every
306 1,1 | am to see~this glory of mine in your kingdom."~ ~
307 4,1 | international. Each one has its~own moral personality in the Church.
308 | Moreover
309 3,8 | chose for himself and his mother a poor~and humble life,
310 3,4 | sisters of penance," and~motivated by the dynamic power of
311 3,14| and they should strive to move from~the temptation of exploiting
312 | my
313 | myself
314 3,5 | the Church, reliving the mysteries of the life of Christ.~ ~
315 1,1 | protect them with your name whom you gave me out of
316 4,1 | levels--local, regional, national, and international. Each
317 4,4 | statutes.~ ~Profession by its nature is a permanent commitment.~ ~
318 1,1 | strength, and love their neighbors as themselves and~hate their
319 4,4 | decides upon the acceptance of new~brothers and sisters.~ ~
320 | next
321 2,3 | by the Supreme Pontiffs Nicholas IV and Leo XIII, adapts
322 3,7 | themselves to the redemptive obedience of Jesus, who placed his~
323 3,9 | the good yet to come and obliged to acquire purity of heart~
324 4,7 | to the charism as well as observance of the rule and~to receive
325 5 | Francis (1226):~ ~May whoever observes all this be filled in heaven
326 4,6 | brothers and~sisters should offer a contribution according
327 | often
328 2,2 | family circle.~It is an organic union of all Catholic fraternities
329 4,5 | members, the council should organize regular~and frequent meetings
330 1,1 | admirable Spouse, the Holy~Paraclete.~ ~Oh, how glorious it is
331 3,15| transforming power of love and pardon.~ ~Messengers of perfect
332 3,5 | they are and do.~ ~Let them participate in the sacramental life
333 4,7 | care to ask for a~regular pastoral visit by the competent religious
334 3,2 | should be the~inspiration and pattern of their eucharistic life.~ ~
335 1,1 | loved,~beloved, humble, peaceful, sweet, lovable, and desirable
336 3,7 | even in difficulties and~persecutions.~ ~
337 1,1 | they do these~things and persevere in doing them, because "
338 4,1 | Each one has its~own moral personality in the Church. These various
339 3,8 | the Beatitudes," and as pilgrims and strangers on~their way
340 3,7 | obedience of Jesus, who placed his~will into the Father'
341 1,2 | and the devil, for it is pleasant to the body to commit sin
342 2,2 | By their profession they pledge themselves to~live the gospel
343 2,3 | approved by the Supreme Pontiffs Nicholas IV and Leo XIII,
344 3,3 | full~communion with the pope, bishops, and priests, fostering
345 1,2 | and you thought you would~possess the vanities of this world
346 3,8 | tendency and yearning for possession and power.~ ~
347 1,1 | his life for his sheep and prayed to the~Father saying:~ ~"
348 3,6 | complete self-giving and by praying earnestly and confidently.~ ~
349 3,15| dialogue, trusting in the presence of the divine seed in everyone~
350 4,4 | Franciscan Order must be presented~to the local fraternity,
351 3,3 | with the pope, bishops, and priests, fostering an open and~trusting
352 2,1 | God--laity, religious, and priests-- who recognize that they
353 4,4 | difficulties should discuss~their problems with the council in fraternal
354 1,2 | vices and sins come out and~"proceed from the heart of man" as
355 4,4 | community is engaged in this process of growth by~its own manner
356 3,3 | mission among all people, proclaiming Christ by~their life and
357 1,1 | our Lord Jesus Christ, and produce worthy fruits of penance.~ ~
358 4,2 | who are elected by the professed according to~the constitutions.~ ~
359 1 | Prologue: Exhortation of St. Francis
360 1,2 | not observe what they have promised to the Lord, and are slaves
361 4,7 | united for centuries.~ ~To promote fidelity to the charism
362 3,11| collectively be in the forefront in promoting~justice by the testimony
363 3,5 | prayer in one of the forms~proposed by the Church, reliving
364 2,3 | rule, succeeding "Memoriale Propositi" (1221) and the rules~approved
365 1,1 | saying:~ ~"Oh holy Father, protect them with your name whom
366 3,6 | indescribable love and~declared the protectress and advocate of his family.
367 3,13| and spiritual~journey by providing a simple and open Christian
368 3,11| Especially in the field of public life, they should make~definite
369 1,1 | through divine~love and a pure and sincere conscience;
370 3,8 | Father, they should strive to purify their~hearts from every
371 3,9 | come and obliged to acquire purity of heart~because of the
372 1,2 | of our Lord Jesus Christ quoted above. And let those who
373 3,4 | Christ by means of that radical interior~change which the
374 3,1 | themselves especially to careful~reading of the gospel, going from
375 3,3 | Called like Saint Francis to rebuild the Church and inspired
376 2,1 | religious, and priests-- who recognize that they are called~to
377 3,4 | renewal the sacrament of reconciliation is the privileged~sign of
378 3,10| of life worthy of people redeemed~by Christ.~ ~
379 3,12| sharing in the creation,~redemption, and service of the human
380 3,7 | United themselves to the redemptive obedience of Jesus, who
381 4,6 | Chapter 25~ ~Regarding expenses necessary for the
382 4,1 | of various~levels--local, regional, national, and international.
383 4,2 | their members and their regions, and under the guidance
384 4,4 | distinctive~Franciscan sign are regulated by the statutes.~ ~Profession
385 1,2 | they leave their goods to relatives and~friends who take and
386 3,5 | proposed by the Church, reliving the mysteries of the life
387 1,2 | not do this will have to render "an account on the day~of
388 3,4 | daily.~ ~On this road to renewal the sacrament of reconciliation
389 3,13| sign of a world~already renewed in Christ.~ ~By living the
390 4,7 | assistance. They should make~this request to the superiors of the
391 4,4 | Chapter 23~ ~Requests for admission to the Secular
392 4,2 | under the guidance of their~respective council.~ ~
393 3,11| let them~exercise their responsibilities competently in Christian
394 4,2 | spirit and is a duty of responsibility to each member and to~the
395 1,1 | spirit of the Lord will~rest upon them" and he will make "
396 3,15| they are immersed in the resurrection of Christ, which gives true~
397 3,4 | carried out daily.~ ~On this road to renewal the sacrament
398 2,3 | Propositi" (1221) and the rules~approved by the Supreme
399 3,4 | this road to renewal the sacrament of reconciliation is the
400 3,5 | them participate in the sacramental life of the Church, above
401 3,2 | brothers and sisters, in Sacred~Scripture, in the Church,
402 1,1 | consecrate myself for their~sakes. I do not pray for them
403 1,2 | take and divide them and say afterwards, "Cursed be his
404 1,1 | and prayed to the~Father saying:~ ~"Oh holy Father, protect
405 1,2 | heart of man" as the Lord says in the Gospel. And you~have
406 2,2 | all Catholic fraternities scattered throughout~the world and
407 3,2 | brothers and sisters, in Sacred~Scripture, in the Church, and in liturgical
408 3,15| the presence of the divine seed in everyone~and in the transforming
409 3,10| Chapter 13~ ~As the Father sees in every person the features
410 3,6 | by imitating her~complete self-giving and by praying earnestly
411 1,1 | believed that it was you who sent me. For these I pray, not
412 2,1 | charism of their common Seraphic Father in the life and~mission
413 3,15| to Sister Death, let them serenely tend toward the ultimate~
414 3,6 | The Virgin Mary, humble servant of the Lord, was open to
415 1,2 | it is~bitter to make it serve God because all vices and
416 3,9 | have embraced, they should set themselves~free to love
417 3,12| both as a gift and as a sharing in the creation,~redemption,
418 | She
419 1,1 | gave up his life for his sheep and prayed to the~Father
420 1,2 | body and soul~during this short earthly life and will go
421 3,13| spiritual~journey by providing a simple and open Christian education
422 3,8 | detachment~from temporal goods by simplifying their own material needs.
423 | Since
424 1,1 | divine~love and a pure and sincere conscience; we give birth
425 3,15| which gives true~meaning to Sister Death, let them serenely
426 1,2 | them, it is~said, "Their skill was swallowed up" and "cursed
427 1,2 | promised to the Lord, and are slaves to the~world, in their bodies,
428 1,2 | does not do it.~ ~The devil snatches the soul from his body with
429 1,1 | them", and~they are the sons of the heavenly Father,
430 1,2 | knowingly destroy their own souls.~ ~See, you who are blind,
431 3,4 | the Father's mercy and the source of grace.~ ~
432 2,2 | Franciscan Order holds a special place in this family circle.~
433 1,1 | beautiful and admirable Spouse, the Holy~Paraclete.~ ~Oh,
434 2,2 | charity~in their own secular state. By their profession they
435 3,8 | according to the gospel they are stewards of the goods~received for
436 3,8 | Beatitudes," and as pilgrims and strangers on~their way to the home
437 1,1 | and~mind, with all their strength, and love their neighbors
438 3,13| fidelity, and respect for life, striving to make of it a sign of
439 4,2 | themselves the fraternities are structured in different ways~according
440 2,3 | Chapter 3~ ~The present rule, succeeding "Memoriale Propositi" (1221)
441 1,2 | inferno where they~will suffer torture without end.~ ~All
442 4,7 | constitutions, shall ask for suitable~and well-prepared religious
443 4,7 | rule and~to receive greater support in the life of the fraternity,
444 2,3 | the rules~approved by the Supreme Pontiffs Nicholas IV and
445 1,2 | is~said, "Their skill was swallowed up" and "cursed are those
446 1,1 | beloved, humble, peaceful, sweet, lovable, and desirable
447 1,2 | thought they had~will be taken away from them, and they
448 1,2 | endures it, and all the~talents and power and "knowledge
449 3,8 | spirit of detachment~from temporal goods by simplifying their
450 3,14| strive to move from~the temptation of exploiting creation to
451 3,15| Death, let them serenely tend toward the ultimate~encounter
452 3,8 | their~hearts from every tendency and yearning for possession
453 3,11| promoting~justice by the testimony of their human lives and
454 | than
455 3,4 | let them conform their~thoughts and deeds to those of Christ
456 | throughout
457 | Thus
458 2,3 | the conditions of changing times. Its interpretation belongs
459 1,2 | inferno where they~will suffer torture without end.~ ~All those
460 3,15| seed in everyone~and in the transforming power of love and pardon.~ ~
461 1,2 | body with such anguish and~tribulation that no one can know it
462 1,2 | of judgement" before the tribunal of our Lord Jesus Christ.~ ~ ~
463 1,2 | and "cursed are those who turn away~from your commands".
464 3,15| serenely tend toward the ultimate~encounter with the Father.~ ~ ~
465 3,15| peace which must be built up~unceasingly, they should seek out ways
466 | under
467 4,3 | canonically. It becomes the~basic unit of the whole Order and a
468 2,1 | Holy Spirit in the Church, unites all members of the people
469 3,15| should seek out ways of unity and fraternal harmony~through
470 3,14| the Franciscan concept of~universal kinship.~ ~
471 3,8 | humble life, even though he valued created things attentively
472 1,2 | thought you would~possess the vanities of this world for a long
473 3,6 | Chapter 9~ ~The Virgin Mary, humble servant of
474 4,3 | of the whole Order and a visible sign of the Church, the~
475 4,7 | shall ask for suitable~and well-prepared religious for spiritual
476 | what
477 | whoever
478 1,2 | concupiscence and to the wicked desires of the flesh, and~
479 4,2 | is marked by a ready~and willing spirit and is a duty of
480 4,4 | in fraternal dialogue.~ ~Withdrawal or permanent dismissal from
481 | Within
482 3,3 | they should go forth as witnesses~and instruments of her mission
483 3,9 | Chapter 12~ ~Witnessing to the good yet to come
484 3,13| matrimony, husbands and wives in particular should~bear
485 3,12| Chapter 16~ ~Let them esteem work both as a gift and as a
486 1,1 | the heavenly Father, whose works they do, and they~are the
487 1,2 | acquired more than he~did." The worms eat up the body and so they
488 4,6 | fraternity and the needs~of worship, of the apostolate, and
489 3,5 | As Jesus was the true worshipper of the Father, so let prayer
490 | would
491 2,3 | Pontiffs Nicholas IV and Leo XIII, adapts the~Secular Franciscan
492 4,4 | formation of at least one year, and profession of~the rule.
493 3,8 | from every tendency and yearning for possession and power.~ ~
494 | yet
495 1,2 | live in vices and sin and~yield to evil concupiscence and
496 4,5 | groups, especially with youth groups. It should adopt~
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