Monday, July 10, 2006

Mary Calls Us . . . To Become Saints

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Among those called by her sweet voice ,
these she surely bade,
true Franciscans who hear her now,
having found the way he made.

Mary calls us all to follow her Son. She always does that. She always calls us to follow Jesus. Many misunderstand her call. She never seeks her own glory. Only the glory of God and our salvation. So,those who can accept this reality always respond to her call.

She is the advocate of all that is holy, and certainly of the mission and message of St. Francis. She supports all who seek to become Saints, and that was what St. Francis had in mind in giving us his Rules of life. That we should become Saints. The First Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis is the rule St. Francis gave us. The Rule of the Brothers and Sisters of Penance of St. Francis. The Rule on which the entire Stella Matutina movement has been based from day one.

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