Franciscan Spirituality #2: Intro part 2 – Feb 03 – Homily – Fr Terrance
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Fr Terrance gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on Feb 03, 2023, on how Franciscan Spirituality is a subset of Catholic spirituality that is focused on becoming like Christ.
Notes:
Since Christ is so great and rich, there are many approaches.
1 Cor 1 24 - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/1corinthians/1?24
Not just a covering
Holiness is not a hand out but
Catholic spirituality is comprised of Schools with Spiritual masters who have eyes on Jesus the model as an artist on his model
Try to sculpt the image of Jesus, first in their own souls.
Saints are like the light sent through a prism producing different colors, same light but different positive effects in each person
Different schools
Franciscan is seraphic, so seraphic school
Seraphic means those who burn with God's love. Isaiah 6 - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/isaiah/6
Christ in the form of a Seraph angel gave hi the stigmata on La Verna made him image of Christ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Verna
differences in spirituality are accents, different approaches within Catholic faith
Eph 3 8 - the inscrutable riches of Christ- https://bible.usccb.org/bible/ephesians/3?8
Romans 8: 29 conformity to God - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/romans/8?29
Again Grace and Free will, requires collaboration on our part. If not
Goal is to become like Christ in a particular "school"
Ask Mary to make us more teachable in this school.
This is a continuation of his series of homilies on Franciscan Spirituality - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNN151zTIO4&list=PLejh_e0-LN4xgMllKrzSasL2Hljd5BHom
The material for this series comes primarily from Ciccarelli, Marciano M., "I capisaldi della spiritualità francescana" in Italian, which translates as "The Cornerstones of Franciscan Spirituality". No English translations exist at the time of this recording.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. Blase - Opt Mem
Readings: Friday 4th Week of Ordinary Time - http://usccb.org/bible/readings/020323.cfm
1st: heb 13:1-8
Resp: psa 27:1, 3, 5, 8-9
Gsp: mar 6:14-29
More on the Readings: https://airmaria.com/r?m=1028&r=1381
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