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Welcome! |
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Welcome to the official web site of the Community of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal. We hope that the information is helpful and easy to navigate. While having a web site, we do not have computers or internet in our friaries - a franciscan paradox! Please contact us with any suggestions or problems with the site via telephone or snail-mail (see "contacts" above). |
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 We wanted the site to have a "Rebuild My House" theme both visually and informationally. You may notice the small stone chapel which is a replica of the Portziuncula (small portion), Our Lady of the Angels chapel which was rebuilt by Saint Francis after Christ spoke to him from the San Damiano Crucifix...
"Francis, Rebuild my house, which you see is falling into ruin..." This experience of Saint Francis is at the heart of the franciscan charism. The Portziuncula was designated by Saint Francis as the mother house for all his brothers, always a concrete icon of our calling to be lesser-brothers and to rebuild the Church while under the shelter of Mary, the Mother of God and Queen of the Angels...
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You may notice throughout the site that the banner above will show various texts concerning this call to
Rebuild the House of the Lord! |
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"Unless the Lord Build the house, in vain do its Builders labor..." Psalm 127 |
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"In your goodness, show favor to Zion. Rebuild the walls of Jerusalem..." Psalm 51 |
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"Praise the Lord for his goodness and bless the King of the Ages,
so that his tent may be Rebuilt in you with joy
..." Tobit 13:10 |
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 "On this rock I will Build my Church..." Matt 16:18.
We were delighted when Cardinal Ratzinger was elected to the Papacy! Saint Francis wanted us to always love and follow the Pope. The Friars of the Renewal strive to listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking through the appointed Vicar of Christ. The vision of our late great Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, inspired and formed our community. |
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"He who hears my words and puts them into practice is like a wise man who Built his house on rock..." |
Matt 7:24-27 |
Saint Francis wrote in his rule, "The rule and life of the friars minor is to live the holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ..." |
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"The stone which the Builders rejected, has become the Cornerstone..." Psalm 118, Matt 21:42. |
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"Destroy this temple, and in three days I will Rebuild it..." John 2:19
Receiving the sacred Stigmata two years before his death, Saint Francis had a burning devotion to the suffering and Passion of Christ.
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 "I wish that a church be Built here, so I may offer all my love,
help and protection... for I am your Merciful Mother..."
Words of Our Lady of Guadalupe to Saint Juan Diego.
We chose Our Lady of Guadalupe as our patroness. Her intercession is invoked for the cause of pro-life and the new evangelization. |
