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Mark your calendars!
•First Middle School 707 Meeting in the Youth Room October 19th at 7:07 PM
•First High School/Confirmation 707 & HS Parents Meeting on October 23rd from 7:07-8:30 pm in Parish Center.
'Francis rebuild my church which, as you see
Is falling into ruin.' From the cross
Your saviour spoke to you and speaks to us
Again through you. Undoing set you free,
Loosened the traps of trappings, cast away
The trammelling of all that costly cloth
We wind our saviour in. At break of day
He set aside his grave-clothes. Your new birth
Came like a daybreak too, naked and true
To poverty and to the gospel call,
You woke to Christ and Christ awoke in you
And set to work through all your love and skill
To make our ruin good, to bless and heal
To wake the Christ in us and make us whole.
- M Guite
As we come to the end of this Season of Creation, we celebrate the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi and pray from his prayer, Dear Mother Earth. May we all continue to praise God for our mother Earth throughout the year! #seasonofcreation2022
Via Congregation of St. Joseph
Two years ago, Pope Francis gifted us an encyclical entitled Fratelli Tutti.
On St. Francis of Assisi’s Feast Day, in Assisi, Pope Francis shared this wisdom.
In the introductions, he writes,”This saint of fraternal love, simplicity and joy, who inspired me to write the Encyclical Laudato Si’, prompts me once more to devote this new Encyclical to fraternity and social friendship. Francis felt himself a brother to the sun, the sea and the wind, yet he knew that he was even closer to those of his own flesh. Wherever he went, he sowed seeds of peace and walked alongside the poor, the abandoned, the infirm and the outcast, the least of his brothers and sisters”.
Take time to read it.
Soak it in.
Consider how you personally can take ACTION.
💜
#RevolutionOfTenderness
Link in Bio.
Two years ago, Pope Francis gifted us an encyclical entitled Fratelli Tutti.
On St. Francis of Assisi’s Feast Day, in Assisi, Pope Francis shared this wisdom.
In the introductions, he writes,”This saint of fraternal love, simplicity and joy, who inspired me to write the Encyclical Laudato Si’, prompts me once more to devote this new Encyclical to fraternity and social friendship. Francis felt himself a brother to the sun, the sea and the wind, yet he knew that he was even closer to those of his own flesh. Wherever he went, he sowed seeds of peace and walked alongside the poor, the abandoned, the infirm and the outcast, the least of his brothers and sisters”.
Take time to read it.
Soak it in.
Consider how you personally can take ACTION.
💜
#RevolutionOfTenderness
link:
www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20201003_enciclica-frate...
Wonderful.
Tuesday, Oct 04, 2022
Be praised, my Lord, for Brother Francis
Pope Francis chose his papal name to honor Francis of Assisi. Two of the pontiff’s encyclicals pay further homage. Both Laudato Si’ (Italian for “Praise be to you”) and Fratelli Tutti (Italian for “All brothers and sisters”) take their names from the words of Saint Francis. “Praise be to you” echoes the famous Canticle of Creation, apt for an encyclical on the care of creation. “All brothers and sisters” comes from the Admonitions of Saint Francis, the saint’s entreaty to embrace a life of fraternal love. Read the opening of one of these texts today to honor “this saint of fraternal love, simplicity and joy.”
MEMORIAL OF FRANCIS OF ASSISI, FOUNDER
TODAY'S READINGS: Galatians 1:13-24; Luke 10:38-42.
“They glorified God because of me.”
#takefiveforfaith #dailyingodsword
Stop by for some quiet time with the Lord. Adoration every Wednesday.
St. Francis Chapel is open daily
Praise be to you, my Lord, through all your creatures,
Laudato Si', Mi Signore
especially through my Brother Sun,
through Sister Moon and the stars,
through Brother Wind,
and through the air, cloudy and serene,
and every kind of weather.
Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Water,
through Brother Fire,
through Sister Mother Earth,
who sustains us, producing
varied fruits with coloured flowers and herbs.
Praise be to you, my Lord, through all your creatures,
Laudato Si', Mi Signore
— St. Francis of Assisi in "Canticle of the Creatures," written in 1225
Hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor
— Pope Francis, Laudato Si
The Feast of St Francis concludes the #seasonofcreation2022 but our need to care for creation and live responsibly remains central. Thanks for joining us in these reflections. Blessed Feast of St. Francis!
What is needed is an "apostolate of the ear." To echo St Francis of Assisi's exhortation to his friars: "Incline the ear of your heart." -Pope Francis
