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

1. How do you place yourself at God’s disposal? What interferes with that effort?
2. How do you help to “rebuild the Church?” How does your fraternity help you to do this?