RULE OF THE SECULAR FRANCISCAN ORDER Prologue: Chapters 1 and 2
The Prologue begins with the title “Concerning those who Do Penance” - What does “penance” mean here? How does that compare with other understandings of penance?
What is the purpose and value of penance?
What kinds of penances do I do?
How does Francis weave the Trinity into this prologue?
When you examine your life, who are the people who gave you your idea of love?
Why does all personal sin have social consequences?
What procedure do I use to work on my characteristic fault(s)?
How does spiritual blindness hurt us and deprive us of so much good?
Do we need to offer satisfaction for our own sins and those of others?
What blinds those who do not do penance?
Do we have a responsibility to those who do not do penance? If so, what?
CHAPTER ONE- ARTICLE ONE
What do you consider the primary purpose of the Secular Franciscan Order?
What other purposes might the SFO fulfill?
Does membership in an Order call us to make changes in our lives?
How do we explain to ourselves and to others that we are called to develop a spirituality and lifestyle “in the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi”?
Who are included in the term: “the Franciscan family”? Do we interact as a family?
In what ways is your local fraternity a “spiritual family”?
How did you recognize that you were called to follow Francis?
Did a person or event awake you to that call
What charism of Francis speaks the loudest to you?
As a member of the Secular Franciscan Order, what are some of the blessings you experience by belonging to a fraternity?
What are some ways “to follow Christ in the footsteps of Saint Francis of Assisi”?
CHAPTER ONE-ARTICLE TWO
SFO fraternities are not to be “isolated” and “autonomous” - what does that mean?
If we have become so, why did we?
What can we do as a fraternity and as individuals to overcome that?
Did profession change your life? And if so, how?
How does an Order differ from a parish society?
What is meant by the common adage: “From Gospel to life and life to Gospel”?
Do I regularly wear the external sign of my membership in this Order-the Tau Cross?
Article 2 states: ”In these fraternities the brothers and sisters, led by the Spirit, strive for perfect charity in their own secular state.” What does “strive for perfect charity” mean to you personally?
What are some ways our fraternity and our order as a whole help us to strive for perfect charity?
Pax et bonum
No comments:
Post a Comment