Dear Brothers and Sisters, If there was a time to pray with deep conviction – it is now when Life and Religious Freedom is at risk. Today, the NFC send us a formation on why prayer is so important to the journey of the Secular Franciscan. Listed below are some resources including Youtubes with a couple of great friars that talk about the importance and power of these prayers. My fraternity is having an hour of Adoration and will say the Crown Rosary in our parish. Please share these resources with your with your fraternity. They are even more powerful in a group! God bless you all, Dona
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Last week Formation Friday was about the prayer journey of the Secular Franciscan.
Many, if not most of us, pray the Rosary, both the traditional Rosary and the Franciscan Crown, as an integral part of our prayer journey.
We would like to offer some resources below that will deepen our experience of praying this beautiful prayer:
Why Pray the Rosary? Fr. John Anthony, CFR and Fr. Mark-Mary, CFR, speak about the Rosary. Excellent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSeASW2M_yo
How to Really Pray the Rosary—Fr. Mark Mary, CFR, Ascension Presents (Excellent)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=FTd19idM-Jc
How to Pray the Rosary More Deeply
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/how-to-pray-the-rosary-more-deeply-47155
The Franciscan Crown (The Seven Decade Rosary)—this one is ours!!
https://franciscanmissionaries.com/7-decade-rosary/
“One unique devotion of the Franciscans is a seven-decade rosary known as the Franciscan Crown. While the traditional rosary consists of 5 decades which meditate on 15 mysteries (or 20 if you pray the Luminous mysteries) the 7-decade Franciscan Rosary, known as the The Franciscan Crown, is a Rosary consisting of seven decades with each decade describing a particular joy from the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary.”
+ Whether you already pray the Rosary or not, please view and read the interesting material above.
Questions to discuss or to answer in your journal:
+ Why is the Rosary important in your life?
+ If you don’t pray the Rosary, what has been stopping you?
+ How can the Rosary become an important part of your spiritual journey as a Secular Franciscan?
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El viernes pasado, “Formation Friday” fue sobre la jornada de oración del franciscano seglar.
Muchos, si no la mayoría de nosotros, rezamos el Rosario, tanto el Rosario tradicional como la Corona Franciscana, como parte integral de nuestra jornada de oración.
Nos gustaría ofrecer algunos recursos a continuación que profundizarán nuestra experiencia de rezar esta hermosa oración:
¿Por qué rezar el rosario? P.. John Anthony, CFR y el P. Mark-Mary, CFR, hablan sobre el Rosario. Excelente.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSeASW2M_yo
Cómo rezar realmente el rosario — Fr. Mark Mary, CFR, Ascension Presents (Excelente)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=FTd19idM-Jc
Cómo rezar el rosario más profundamente
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/how-to-pray-the-rosary-more-deeply-47155
La Corona Franciscana (El Rosario de las Siete Décadas), (Éste es nuestro rosario!
https://franciscanmissionaries.com/7-decade-rosary/
“Una devoción única de los franciscanos es un rosario de siete décadas conocido como la Corona Franciscana. Mientras que el rosario tradicional consta de 5 décadas que meditan en 15 misterios (o 20 si reza los misterios luminosos), el Rosario Franciscano de 7 décadas, conocido como La Corona Franciscana, es un Rosario que consta de siete décadas con cada década describiendo un particular. alegría de la vida de la Santísima Virgen María ”.
+ Ya sea que reza el Rosario o no, mire y lea el interesante material de arriba.
Preguntas para discutir o responder en su diario:
+ ¿Por qué es importante el Rosario en su vida?
+ Si no reza el Rosario, ¿qué le ha detenido?
+ ¿Cómo puede el Rosario convertirse en una parte importante de su camino espiritual como franciscano seglar?
Chair, National Formation Commission
