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Newsletter of the Midland Region of the Secular Franciscan Order GB Spring 2017 Newsletter of the Midland Region of the Secular Franciscan Order GB Spring 2017 The Canticle of Brother Sun. Francis of Assisi. Most High, all powerful, good Lord, Spring. Christina Rossetti Yours are the praises, the glory, the honour, Frost-locked all the winter, and all blessing. Seeds, and roots, and stones of fruits, What shall make their sap ascend To You alone, Most High, do they belong, That they may put forth shoots? and no man is worthy to mention Your name. Tips of tender green, Be praised, my Lord, through all your creatures, Leaf, or blade, or sheath; especially through my lord Brother Sun, Telling of the hidden life who brings the day; and you give light through him. That breaks forth underneath, And he is beautiful and radiant in all his splendour! Life nursed in its grave by Death. Of you, Most High, he bears the likeness. Blows the thaw-wind pleasantly, Praise be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon Drips the soaking rain, and the stars, in heaven you formed them By fits looks down the waking sun: clear and precious and beautiful. Young grass springs on the plain; Young leaves clothe early hedgerow trees; Praised be You, my Lord, through Brother Wind, Seeds, and roots, and stones of fruits, and through the air, cloudy and serene, Swollen with sap put forth their shoots; and every kind of weather through which Curled-headed ferns sprout in the lane; You give sustenance to Your creatures. Birds sing and pair again. Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Water, which is very useful and humble and precious and chaste. There is no time like Spring, When life's alive in everything, Praised be You, my Lord, through Brother Fire, Before new nestlings sing, through whom you light the night and he is beautiful Before cleft swallows speed their journey back and playful and robust and strong. Along the trackless track - Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Mother Earth, God guides their wing, who sustains us and governs us and who produces He spreads their table that they nothing lack, - varied fruits with coloured flowers and herbs. Before the daisy grows a common flower Before the sun has power Praised be You, my Lord, To scorch the world up in his noontide hour. through those who give pardon for Your love, and bear infirmity and tribulation. There is no time like Spring, Blessed are those who endure in peace Like Spring that passes by; for by You, Most High, they shall be crowned. There is no life like Spring-life born to die, - Piercing the sod, Praised be You, my Lord, Clothing the uncouth clod, through our Sister Bodily Death, Hatched in the nest, from whom no living man can escape. Fledged on the windy bough, Woe to those who die in mortal sin. Strong on the wing: Blessed are those whom death will There is no time like Spring that passes by, find in Your most holy will, Now newly born, and now for the second death shall do them no harm. Hastening to die. Praise and bless my Lord, and give Him thanks and serve Him with great humility. AMEN 2 News and Reflections From Around the Region. Belper We the Franciscans The “Ordo Franciscanus Saecularis “ or Secular Franciscan Order, as it is more commonly known, established a Seat in the Belper parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in December 2009 dedicated to St Elizabeth of Hungary. There had been a Franciscan presence in Belper since the early 1930s when the Franciscan Sisters Minoress opened St Elizabeth’s school which still thrives to this day. The sisters finally left in January 2008. When you speak to anyone about the Franciscans two questions are usually asked, first: who are the Franciscans? Secondly what do they do? In answer to the first, we are not a society, club or sodality within the Church or Parish. We are in fact a self- ruling secular religious order in our own right answerable only to the international minister and the Pope. We are associated with and equal to the first Franciscan Order (Friars Minor) and the second Franciscan Order (the Poor Clares). We are not a parish organisation but draw people from a larger area. As Christians we are all called to study the Bible and follow the example and teaching of Jesus Christ. As Franciscans we do this in the style and following the example and life of St Francis of Assisi. Gospel to life and life to Gospel. As to what we do, we are required to attend the regular monthly meetings. We do not have specific duties or works laid down as some societies do, but we are required to help and serve the church as and when needed in whatever way we can. Many of our members work voluntarily in schools, help the sick and aged and are ministers of the Eucharist or readers in church, organisers of RCIA etc, etc… Any practising Catholic can come along to a Franciscan meeting. At this stage a new person would be called a ‘visitor’ this period can last indefinitely. There is no formal training and it is a chance for the person to get to know about the order and whether or not they feel they have a vocation to be a Franciscan. The second stage is the Enquiry which will last at least six months and is when the formal formation begins. This leads to Admission to the order. The third stage is the candidacy when a candidate is preparing for Final profession to the order. Once professed you become a Franciscan for life. John Barlow OFS Minister of St Elizabeth of Hungary Fraternity, Clay Cross. Thoughts for Spring 2017 Yes indeed, the Christians from long ago generations would appear to have done some pretty nasty things to other people in their days. We must accept that we condemn similar atrocities from people of other faiths in exactly the same way in the present day. We may consider these as unacceptable and possibly unforgivable. But are we showing ourselves to be hypocritical? Expecting others to forgive where we cannot find it in us to do similar. Forgiveness and being sorry for wrong doings should be in our Franciscan spirituality. We should not dwell on the past events that maim our Christian reputation, but strive to direct thoughts in the positivity of what we do, by example to those in the modern world. Many are carrying out supposed wilful acts of harm to humans in the name of religion. Northern Ireland is a recent prime example of how things can deteriorate to such a dreadful depth of war in the name of faith. Continued overleaf 3 News and Reflections From Around the Region—continued. The Bible is unfortunately also not a good example of a war free world. There are far too many references to disagreements and intolerances to others from difference regions and lands. But the Gospels do ask for repent- ance and forgiveness. We all make mistakes and get led along the wrong paths from time to time by others that do not share our ideals. We need to realise this is happening before too much damage is done. Pray that Jesus and St. Francis will help us to pursue their righteous aims that they established for us. We still need all the help we can get from wherever we can get it. Feeding off the good behaviour of each other is probably a good start, just like Spring is a good new start to going forward with a new attitude. Have a Peaceful and Blessings filled Spring, Adrian Goodall ofs. Oxford Many felicitations to Theresa Whiting who made her Profession on Saturday 18 March 2017. Rednal and Stourbridge. New Seeds of Contemplation Fraternity continues with its study of Thomas Merton’s wonderful book. “New Seeds of Contemplation”. We were interested to find a reflection by Ilia Delio OSF on Merton’s influence in her life. (Copy and paste this link into your browser: http://globalsistersreport.org/blog/gsr-today/spirituality/discovering-true-self-god- mertons-guidance-44571) In Chapter 3 “Seeds of Contemplation”, Merton writes that “the love of God seeks us in every situation, and seeks our good. His love seeks our awakening and perhaps some of us will dread God’s coming to us because it will mean that we will witness the death of our exterior self and so we will dread God in proportion to our attachment to our exterior self. Letting go is a kind of death. Letting go into God is“to make choices that deliver us from our routine self and open to us the door of a new being, a new reality”. "If you want others to be happy, practise compassion. If you want to be happy, practise compassion." The Dalai Lama. Seán Ward ofs Sleaford (Our Lady of Good Counsel) In Sleaford this Spring we are exploring the devotion which Pope Francis encourages us to practice, that ofOur Lady, Untier of Knots. We are also delighted to be celebrating a number of Profession anniversaries this spring. In March; Kathleen Duthie celebrates her 28th anniversary. Mavis Pearman celebrates her 29th anniversary. Maureen Renfrew celebrates her 36th anniversary. And in May; Veronica Dilcock celebrates her 8th anniversary. In praise of spring: All in the April evening, April airs were abroad; I saw the sheep with their lambs, And thought on the Lamb of God. ( Katharine Tynan Hinkson 1861-1931) Bell Hunt ofs 4 Franciscans in the drive for Christian Unity.
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