{"id":7419,"date":"2020-01-06T14:37:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T14:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.franciscansusa.dev\/franciscansusa.org\/?page_id=7419"},"modified":"2021-03-01T00:23:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T00:23:04","slug":"st-francis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.franciscansusa.org\/it\/st-francis\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francesco"},"content":{"rendered":"
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San Francesco<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>
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In everything we do we strive to follow the way of St. Francis and those first men who followed him as \u201clittle brothers.\u201d We look to him and the first Franciscans, we see a man who took literally the words of Jesus in the Gospels, and those who were trying to follow him as best as they could.<\/p>\n

But as important as following the Rule of St. Francis, trying to live simply, and serving others in our lives, there is much more to Conventual Franciscan spirituality.<\/p>\n

A good Friar is someone who is in love with life and with every person God brings into his life. Because he is poor and keeps nothing to himself, he is able to share everything around him with those he meets. He shares his talents and training, obviously. But also everything else that God gives him, he tries to give away.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve spent much time with us, you know that when we get together there we usually have a lot of laughter, a lot of fun, and almost always something good to eat.<\/p>\n

And we take joy in knowing that those first Franciscans, and the thousands who have followed them, were just like us, with strengths and weaknesses, good qualities and bad. We always have the faith and hope that if we follow the example of love given by the \u201clittle poor man of Assisi,\u201d Christ will continue to draw us closer to Himself. We invite you to learn more about St. Francis and his life below:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

His Life<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>
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