Yesterday, around 3pmEST, a man of deep humility, great prayer, and a love of the poor, appeared on the balcony as the 266th successor of St Peter. His first words were, “Good evening!”, and so it was! The former archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, has chosen the name Francis. He is the first Pope […]
Justice & Peace Day of Reflection
On Saturday, March 23, from 9:30am-2pm, we will be helping with the spring Justice & Peace Day of Reflection here at Incarnation, and I hope you’ll consider joining us! Download the flyer here The theme of the day is The Demands of Environmental Justice and we will welcome as our main speaker Fr. John Rausch, who chairs […]
The Priority of Prayer
In a letter to Saint Anthony, Francis wrote: Brother Francis sends greetings to Brother Anthony, my Bishop. I am pleased that you teach sacred theology to the brothers providing that, as is contained in the Rule, you “do not extinguish the Spirit of prayer and devotion” during study of this kind. “There is a great lesson […]
The point of the Third Order
The point of the Third Order is to accept with humility the task of one’s secular profession and its requirements, wherever one happens to be, while directing one’s whole life to that deep interior communion with Christ that Francis showed us. –Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth, p. 79
The humility of Christ
This spirit of humility acts as the foundation for all subsequent characteristics that compose a Franciscan approach to ministry. Francis was less concerned about what someone did in the world than about how someone did it. Here we see the saint’s admiration for the humility of Christ emerge as part of the centerpiece of his […]