Years ago I wrote reflections on the Admonitions of St. Francis of Assisi. They are listed below. But I would recommend a new book, edited by Br. Casey Cole OFM, which contains a reflection on each admonition. The book, Sine Proprio: the Franciscan Art of Living Freely, is available on Amazon. Each chapter was written by one of the Friars of Our Lady of Guadalupe Province. Your truly contributed the chapter on Admonition 22: “On Corrections”
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Admonition Twenty-Two
Read more: Admonition Twenty-Two“You are so judgmental!” That is one way to respond to someone offering some fraternal correction. Here’s another: “Who do you think you are?” Or how about, “You are you to admonish me, when….?” Not one of our more spiritual moments. Yet fraternal correction is listed among the spiritual works of Mercy (CCC 2247). St.…
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Admonition Twenty-Three
Read more: Admonition Twenty-Three“Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance” (St. Augustine, Letter 18). At the root of Francis of Assisi’s on-going conversion was the movement towards a fuller realization of humility in his own…
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The Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
Read more: The Feast of St. Francis of AssisiHappy Feast Day to all Franciscans and those Franciscan at heart! Over time I have posted a number of articles about the life of St. Francis – one day I even got ambitious and created a page on this blog where all the posts can be found. I thought perhaps the Feast Day would be…
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The Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
Read more: The Feast of St. Francis of AssisiIn a 13th century text called the Il Foretti (The Little Flowers), a story is told about St. Francis in which a brother friar came to him and asked, “Why after you? Why is the whole world coming after you, wanting to see you, to hear you, to follow you?” Some 800 years after the…
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