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FOUNDATION • Trusting in the Father, Christ chose for himself and his mother a poor and humble life, even though he valued created things attentively and lovingly. Let the Secular Franciscans seek a proper spirit of detachment from temporal goods by simplifying their own material needs. Let them be mindful that according to the gospel they are stewards of the goods received for the benefit of God’s children.
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• Thus, in the spirit of “the Beatitudes,” and as pilgrims and strangers on their way to the home of the Father, they should strive to purify their hearts from every tendency and yearning for possession and power.
• Rule, Art. 11
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THE BEATITUDES AND THE SFO
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice;
they shall be satisfied.
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JUSTICE
Let them individually and collectively be in the forefront in promoting justice by the testimony of their human lives and their courageous initiatives. Especially in the field of public life, they should make definite choices in harmony with their faith.
Rule, Art. 15
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JUSTICE
Two basic needs:– Food– Drink
Compare Israelites in the desert with people today
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JUSTICE
Israelites:Israelites:– Complained about lack of foodComplained about lack of food– God gave them bread – mannaGod gave them bread – manna– Told them not to store it upTold them not to store it up
Today:Today:– Affluent societyAffluent society– Always want moreAlways want more
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JUSTICE
Israelites:Israelites:– Kept the manna for “control”Kept the manna for “control”– By morning it was wormy and By morning it was wormy and
rottenrotten Jesus:Jesus:
– Do not lay up for yourselves an Do not lay up for yourselves an earthly treasure. (Mattl 6:19-21)earthly treasure. (Mattl 6:19-21)
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JUSTICE
Israelites: Israelites: – Complained of thirstComplained of thirst– God gave them endless waterGod gave them endless water– Asked if God was thereAsked if God was there
Today: Today: – We ask “is God here?” We ask “is God here?”
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OUR RULE
United by their vocation as “brothers and sisters of penance,” and motivated by the dynamic power of the Gospel, let them conform their thoughts and deeds to those of Christ by means of that radical interior change which the gospel itself calls “conversion.”
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OUR RULE
Human frailty makes it necessary that this conversion be carried out daily.
On this road to renewal the sacrament of reconciliation is the privileged sign of the Father’s mercy and the source of grace.
Rule art. 7
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CONVERSION
5 facets of conversion: Affective Intellectual Moral Religious Socio-political
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CONVERSION
Affective:
Emotional
Ex: Evangelical “altar call”
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Intellectual
Involves: seeing, experiencing, understanding, judging, deciding
Study
Change of mind
Often leads to becoming agnostic or aetheist
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Moral
Change of value system
Personal change: from self-love to love of others
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CONVERSIONReligious
Requires divine initiative
Challenges us to re-examine our values and habits in 4 areas
emotional
thought
conscience
society
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CONVERSION
Socio-political
A change in how we look at human rights
Commitment to work for reform
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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. What are concepts of “justice” that you have seen in others?
2. What are ways in which people try to achieve “justice”?
3. What do YOU believe about justice, and how do you act out that belief?
4. Discuss the 5 conversion types and examine where you are as to each of them.
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