Tag: The Earlier Rule of St. Francis of Assisi

As we mentioned in previous articles, we know that following Jesus Christ means going outside of ourselves and setting out on a journey. However,...

Chapter XVII of the Earlier Rule talks about preachers. It can be summarized in the following sentence: “Let all the brothers, beware of all...

St. Francis wrote in Chapter XIX of the Earlier Rule: Let all the brothers be, live, and speak as Catholics (Earlier Rule XIX, 1; FF...

In a world that seems to be moving away from Gospel values, a 13th century man named Francis presents us with two ways that...

In Chapter XV of the Earlier Rule, St. Francis forbids riding horseback. Why? How could this passage be relevant for us, men and women...

In previous reflections, we talked about money, work, alms, and of course, poverty. In chapter XIV of the Earlier Rule, when Francis writes about...

As we mentioned in the previous reflections, following Jesus, within Franciscan spirituality, implies embracing a lifestyle based on minority and fraternity. This leads us...

St. Francis of Assisi had the great sensitivity to devote an entire chapter of the Earlier Rule to sick friars, pointing out that their...

We have seen that St. Francis of Assisi made chapter VIII of the Earlier Rule about the use of money. Chapter IX, on the...

In the previous article, we reflected on the way we should serve and work. We looked at concrete ways of carrying out these tasks,...