In the
Franciscan life, prayer plays a most important role. Prayer is the anchor that we use in our
ministry. It is, so to speak, the fire
in our furnace. We, as Franciscans, are
called to preach the Gospel of Christ, to proclaim the Kingdom of God, to share
the Good News of our salvation, more by our example, than by the words that we
say.
But, it is
prayer that allows us to have that fire.
It is prayer by which our patron, Saint Francis of Assisi, was able to
have the spiritual strength to change the very direction of the Church.
As
Franciscans, we are called to be both contemplative and active. Francis himself was more than just diligent
in the observance of the daily Offices.
It was almost compulsive in the way he devoted his personal time to the
daily prayers. But more than that was
his retreat into the “lonely place” of contemplative prayer.
We, as
members of our particular order, the Franciscan Order of Divine Compassion, are
no more or no less called to both be active in our vocation to spread the
Gospel through our lives then all those Franciscans who have gone before us. We
are also called to a life of prayer like our seraphic Father Francis.
Let us not
forget that our Lord tells us to go to our “closet” to pray in secret as well
as we are to set aside the time in our daily lives to pray the hours.
We need
both.
Pax et Bonum
+Peter osf
Bishop Protector
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