Franciscan. Francis.
Would you like fries and a Coke with that order?
I don’t know if I’m called to any order. At the present time I’m just happy to be Catholic.
That, my friend, is of the first order!
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My girlfriend and I are both drawn to the Secular Franciscan Third Order as well. I have always felt a form of communion or strong desire for living Franciscan spirituality and my girlfriend on her own merit is already living Franciscan spirituality (in a small way). We both hope to pray together and discern together about the Third Order.
My wife was a Third Order Dominican but the group she was with either died off or moved away so she dropped outMy girlfriend and I are both drawn to the Secular Franciscan Third Order as well. I have always felt a form of communion or strong desire for living Franciscan spirituality and my girlfriend on her own merit is already living Franciscan spirituality (in a small way). We both hope to pray together and discern together about the Third Order.
What is it specifically that you mean by Franciscan spirituality as opposed to the spirituality of other orders?My girlfriend and I are both drawn to the Secular Franciscan Third Order as well. I have always felt a form of communion or strong desire for living Franciscan spirituality and my girlfriend on her own merit is already living Franciscan spirituality (in a small way). We both hope to pray together and discern together about the Third Order.
The emphasis on obedience and humility (that all Orders have at varying degrees). The total renouncing of materialism for God (with the exception of making enough to provide for family). The emphasis on serving the poorest of the poor through both prayer, but also hours of sweat and hard work. My confirmation Saint was a three way tie for me between St. Francis, St. Ignatius and St. Patrick. Ultimately I chose St. Patrick since at the time I was discerning the Priesthood and wished to serve in Ireland (they need solid Priests over there more than ever). But through praying about it I just started feeling the pull towards Franciscan spirituality. We are merely discerning right now though. Not at the point yet where we’d meet with anyone. We are focusing on our upcoming marriage soon (have to take the preparation courses and what not). Afterwards, we’ll be looking for an Order to join for us to further bolster our spirituality and activity in doing God’s will.
Saint Joseph is my confirmation name and Francis has always been my favorite saint short of Mary and Joseph. I was very much surprised to see Saint Joseph pictured in a very Franciscan way in the writings of Mary of Agreda (The Mystical City of God). The vision she had of Saint Joseph in part was him plying his trade as a carpenter, helping all the people of the town, without ever asking for remuneration. Wherever his skills could help a neighbor, he would apply them. Sometimes they paid him, sometimes they did not. IOW, he relied totally on God and on the sense of justice of his neighbors, to earn his living. I’m sure there were those who simply could not pay, and maybe others who could pay but did not pay. This was all so Francis-like. My estimation of Saint Joseph rocketed. He was all of a sudden human like Francis, and at the same time, other worldly, again like Francis. I highly recommend The Mystical City of God. I downloaded it into my Android tablet. It was free of charge. Written in antiquated English, it is nevertheless, a priceless treasure.
You might be interested in viewing today’s episode of The Vortex where Michael Voris talks about St. Francis and how modernists have hijacked him and made him something of a sissy rather than the MAN he actually was.