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May 29, 2014 · 2:57 pm

Thursday Prayer 5

General view on the Basilica of St. Clare, Ass...

Basilica of St. Clare, Assisi

May you reflect the glory of the Lord. Place your heart in the divine substance through contemplation. Transform your being into the image that we reflect, the Godhead Itself. Then, you will feel what love is. Then, you will feel the sweetness that is revealed to us through the Spirit, what no eye has seen and no ear has heard, the love that God has for His lovers.

-—Clare of Assisi

Cyril of Alexandria: “If Ye Shall Ask Anything In My Name, That Will I Do” (enlargingtheheart.wordpress.com)
Thursday Prayer (revgalblogpals.org)

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April 28, 2014 · 1:41 pm

Action & Contemplation

People have long known the story of Francis of Assisi. He turned from a life of luxury to one of voluntary poverty with the intention of sharing his possessions with the poor. Francis became an example to his fellow townspeople of the biblical assurance that God does provide.

Francis attracted others to his way of life and began the Order of Mendicant Friars. A sister order was established by Clare, to whom Francis was both friend and mentor. In the hymn of praise attributed to Francis, God is exalted for creating all of the elements of the world of which, according to Francis, humans are only one part. Francis placed people in the perspective of God’s whole creation and asserted a kinship among all the elements. The example of his impoverished life drew others to him and increased the numbers of the Franciscan Order. He began the first of the Monastic groups to develop a spiritual life that included a life lived as much in the world as it was a life of contemplative solitude.

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December 25, 2013 · 6:06 am

Work

“He who works with his hands is a laborer.

He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman.

He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.”

― St. Francis of Assisi

Welcome Back Francis (ellisnelson.com)

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December 13, 2013 · 4:40 pm

A Prayer from Claire of Assisi

May You Reflect the Glory of the Lord

—Clare of Assisi

Feast of St Clare of Assisi 2012 (blueeyedennis-siempre.blogspot.com)

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February 18, 2013 · 9:00 am

Action, Being and Words

—Mahatma Gandhi
― St. Francis of Assisi

The rose transmits its scent without a movement. I have a definite feeling that if you want us to experience the aroma of Christianity you must copy the rose. It irresistibly draws people to itself and the scent remains with them. A rose does not preach … it simply spreads its fragrance.

—Mahatma Gandhi

Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.

― St. Francis of Assisi

At first glance these two famous men would appear to be at the opposite ends of the religious and spiritual perspectives. Gandhi, a Hindu, and Francis, a Christian, are essentially saying the same thing. Why? The direct answer is: God is the God of the universe. He truths are universal and not owned by any particular group. To live out a life of faith requires three things:

Action… The willingness and eagerness to get something done and the conviction to act on it.
Being… Possessing the qualities that identify you as a person of faith.