The Rule Of The Franciscan Order Video
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Francis of Assisi or initiated a form of life centered on the practice of evangelical poverty as a means and sign of a spiritual poverty that can be filled only by divine grace.
Franciscan spirituality is also characterized by an attitude of reverence for God in all things and a deep appreciation of the goodness of creation as a reflection of God's love. All creatures are worthy of our respect as sisters and source. Francisowned no property, lived from alms, Franciscaj were devoted to itinerant popular preaching.
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The Sisters of St. Clare Clarists, or Second Order practice Franciscan poverty in a cloistered life. A Third Order associates lay people in the same ideal. Francis's primitive rule had to be relaxed as more candidates joined the order.
Bonaventure deepened the contemplative dimension of Franciscan spirituality in The Journey of the Mind to God See Francis of Assisi. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum, editors.
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