Things to Remember about Profession

Things to Remember about Profession  (Refer to the For Up to Now Manual, “Profession.”)

•       As professed Secular Franciscans we are to place ourselves at God’s disposal.

•       The grace of profession helps us to live out our Baptismal Commitment.

•       The professed Secular Franciscan shares the call to rebuild the Church
with St. Francis.

•       We exist as “rebuilders” of the Church

 Not the structure but:

·        The Heart of the Church

·        The relationships that make up the fabric of the Church

•       Our Profession is lived out in everyday life

•       We are called to rebuild ourselves each day

•       We are asked to offer, constantly and in all circumstances, the supreme truth of our fidelity to God*

•       There is no time or place when we are excused from living out the Rule.

•       The professed Secular Franciscan is at God’s disposal.

•       We are transformed from within through the grace of Profession.

    *Fr. Felice Cangelosi, OFM Cap – See FUN Manual “Profession.”

 

To Ponder or to answer in your journal

·        How do you place yourself at God’s disposal? What interferes with that effort?

·        How do you help to “rebuild the Church?” How does your fraternity help you to do this?

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