Showing posts with label Chris Dickson FLA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chris Dickson FLA. Show all posts
Friday, March 19, 2021
Friday, December 23, 2011
No Honeyed Words Of Flattery Or Blandishment
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Fra Volantino Verde
"Saint Francis wandered through the cities, villages, and hamlets, and began to preach with increasing perfection, not using learned words of human wisdom, but through the doctrine of virtue of the Holy Spirit most confidently proclaiming the kingdom of God. He was a genuine preacher confirmed by apostolic authority; therefore he spoke no honeyed words of flattery or blandishment; what he preached to others he had already put into practice himself and his teaching of the truth was full of assurance."
Saint Francis of Assisi
Legend of the Three Companions
Chapter XIII
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
Live For The Benefit Of Our Fellow Men And Women
Spoleto, Italy
Brother Francis and his companions arrived at the Valley of Spoleto, still full of good dispositions, and there they fell to debating whether they should live among the people or seek refuge in solitude. Francis, who was a true servant of Christ, refused to trust in his own opinion or in the suggestions of his companions; instead, he sought to discover God's will by persevering prayer. Then, enlightened by a revelation from heaven, he realized he was sent by God to win for Christ the souls which the Devil was trying to snatch away. And so he chose to live for the benefit of his fellow men, rather than for himself alone, after the example of Him who was so good as to die for all men.
Saint Francis of Assisi
Bonaventure, Major Life
Chapter IV
Saint Francis of Assisi
Bonaventure, Major Life
Chapter IV
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Monday, December 19, 2011
Adoration to the Most High Body and Blood
Kissing your feet with all the love I'm capable of, I beg you to render, as far as you can, all reverence and total adoration to the Most Holy Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom all in heaven and on earth are made peaceful and are reconciled to God the Almighty (cf. Col 1:20).
Saint Francis of Assisi
Letterr to the Whole Order
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Canticum Sola (Canticle of the Creatures) in Original Umbrian Dialect
Monday, December 12, 2011
Saint Clare of Assisi: A Contemplative And A Mystic
Photo of Father Murray Bodo, OFM, taken on Mount Subasio
(just outside of Assisi, Italy)
"Saint Clare is a contemplative and a mystic. The way into her mystery is the way of mystical language, language like that of the Song of Songs. It is language that speaks of lover and beloved, bride and bridegroom. The way of the mystic is the way of poetry and metaphor and allegory..." ~ Father Murray Bodo, OFM
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