tnavarro61 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 (edited) [IMG]http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m227/ocila_idol/ordergame-1.jpg[/IMG] Welcome to the FI Appreciation thread. Please post any resources related to Mary, Saint Francis, Saint Maximilian to help me grow into their spirituality Please, don't post links to Amazon or ebay. I don't have money (not unless you would buy the books for me) We'll never know, we might be helping other persons in their vocation. http://www.missiomariae.net/ http://marymediatrix.com/ http://www.ausmaria.com/ [img]http://www.ausmaria.com/images/stories/friar_apos2.png[/img] [font="Franklin Gothic Medium"][quote][b]What characterises the life of the Franciscans of the Immaculate? The Life of Prayer[/b] The Franciscans of the Immaculate value the necessity of common prayer as fundamental source of its vitality and mission in the Church. They pray at least five hours of common prayer which begins as early as five in the morning which culminates in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Silence and recollection are safeguarded by cloister and the exclusion of all that may introduce the noise and dissipation of the world (especially the radio and television). Monthly day of recollection as well as annual retreat are observed for a continuous renewal of the religious and apostolic life of the friars. [b]The Life of Poverty[/b] The friars observe a life of poverty by living in poor living quarters and using poor things for their personal necessities. They renounce voluntarily private and common ownership of things and share the economic insecurity of the poor without any fixed income. Being true to the spirit of St. Francis, they support themselves by depending on Divine Providence and generous charity of others. In keeping with Franciscan poverty, they gave up any lifestyle of mere luxury such as smoking, entertainment and worldly shows. They find their consolation in the gospel beatitude: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of God.” [b]The Life of Penance[/b] Penance, in addition to poverty, is one of the most tangible characteristics of their Franciscan life. Penance in common life, the penance of working with their own hands without servants, the penance of fasting, of the discipline, of wearing their religious habit always, of sandals with bare feet, of having a short haircut, of no vacation — all these constitute some of their life of penance. Our Lady at Fatima invites us to work of penance for the conversion of the world. These are few of our responses to her invitation. Hence, our penitential practice, apart from being a form of spiritual discipline, serves as an apostolate for the conversion and sanctification of souls. [b]The Apostolic Life[/b] Following the example of St. Maximilian M. Kolbe, the communities engage in every form of apostolate that is licit. Ranging from the most modern means of media communications (television, radio, printed magazines, the internet) to the most traditional forms of preaching, hearing confessions, giving retreats and parish missions — these are expressions of our passion to bring as many souls as possible to the Kingdom of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. While maintaining strict poverty in our personal and communal life, we can make use of these means for God’s glory. All these works are sustained by the alms of Divine Providence. [b]The Marian Life[/b] But the Marian character of our life is the singular feature of this community. It is the very spirit that animates our observance of the Franciscan rule and our vows. It entails in practice a missionary vocation to be sent anywhere in the world to make the Blessed Virgin Mary known and loved by all. It is a commitment, sealed by a vow, which flows from our conviction on the essential and most beautiful role of Mary Immaculate in the conversion and sanctification of souls in God’s divine plan. [url="http://www.ausmaria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=81&Itemid=172"][size="2"]Source[/size][/url][/quote][/font] Edited February 7, 2011 by tnavarro61 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnavarro61 Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 [url="http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/wosf/index.htm"]The Writings of Saint Francis, translated by Father Paschal Robinson[/url] [url="http://www.saintsworks.net/books/St.%20Francis%20of%20Assisi%20-%20Writings.pdf"]The Writings of Saint Francis, translated by Fr. Kajetan Esser OFM[/url] [url="http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/lff/index.htm"]The Little Flowers of Saint Francis, translated by W. Heywood[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnavarro61 Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 (edited) True knowledge of the Immaculate One can only be acquired in prayer. The purer a soul is, the greater efforts it makes to avoid sin; and if it does happen to sin, it tries its best to rise from sin and to make up for its fault by love. The more humble it is, and the more spirit of penance it shows, the more and better it will get to know the Immaculate. ([url="http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/IC-MAX.htm"]St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Conference 26.VII.39[/url]) [img]http://cdn3.iofferphoto.com/img/item/157/390/036/WZ1a.jpg[/img] Edited February 7, 2011 by tnavarro61 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnavarro61 Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 http://www.ausmaria.com/images/stories/download/brochure_voc.pdf Vocation brochure from Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnavarro61 Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 [url="http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/ANTHSPIR.htm"]The Spirituality of Saint Anthony of Padua[/url] [url="http://www.ewtn.com/library/PRIESTS/TRACMARI.TXT"]The Traccia Mariana[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vee Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Im wondering if they wear sandals with bare feet in the middle of winter in Wisconsin and their other snowy locations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoonerCatholic Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Well, I know that some of the FI in Indiana do wear sandals in the snow. They do have boots, but when they were blessing the bells for their new friary, the friar doing the blessing had sandals and bare feet when it was about 20 degrees out side. Brrr. I do love attending their Masses, very reverent and very Marian.[url="http://www.maryschildren.com/"] Here is the retreat center they are stationed at in Indiana.[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscanheart Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I LOVE their habits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilianus Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4frzb-mre2Y[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4j36rZYVSE&NR=1[/media] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chamomile Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Kruis_san_damiano.gif/220px-Kruis_san_damiano.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilianus Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lytTOTnrrE[/media] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilianus Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 [size="5"][color="#4169e1"][url="http://airmaria.com/"][size="5"][color="#4169e1"]AirMaria[/color][/size] [/url][/color][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnavarro61 Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 (edited) [img]http://www.francis.edu/uploadedImages/Campus_Ministry/st.francis1.gif[/img] [b]I am begging for more Franciscan links and resources... please?[/b] Edited February 8, 2011 by tnavarro61 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piccoli Fiori JMJ Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 [quote name='tnavarro61' timestamp='1297162442' post='2210056'][b]I am begging for more Franciscan links and resources... please?[/b] [/quote] Find a Franciscan and ask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopefulBride Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 [quote name='franciscanheart' timestamp='1297104904' post='2209718'] I LOVE their habits. [/quote] Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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