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• Welcome To The Portiuncula Healing Ministry

  
  Portiuncula: the Little Portion — Authority: 140
  "Only say the word Lord, and I shall be healed" We are a Franciscan Prayer Ministry located in Jerusalem, Ohio. Through prayer and Adoration before our Eucharistic Lord, we seek His awesome power, grace, and mercy, to bring His divine healing and peace into your life. To ...
  7 hours ago

• Love beyond all telling (from Self-Annihilation and Charity Lead the Soul...)

  
  Portiuncula: the Little Portion — Authority: 140
  by Jacopone da Todi (Jacopone Benedetti) (1230 - 1306) Love beyond all telling, Goodness beyond imagining, Light of infinite intensity Glows in my heart. I once thought that reason Had led me to You, And that through feeling I sensed Your presence, Caught a glimpse of You in ...
  8 hours ago

• Humble Sorrow For Sins

  
  Portiuncula: the Little Portion — Authority: 140
  Humble sorrow for sins is an acceptable offering to you, Lord, far sweeter in your sight than the fragrance of burning incense. Thomas A Kempis THE IMITATION OF CHRIST Chapter 52 T
  10 hours ago

• The Impenetrable Darkness That Leads To Union

  
  Portiuncula: the Little Portion — Authority: 140
  St. John of the Cross Feast Day December 14th What joy! The soul has emerged victorious from the tribulations of the night of sensory purification. She has risen above the state of the beginner and entered the state of the adept. God may not immediately move her into the night of the spirit, now. Instead, ...
  11 hours ago

• Encouraging Others By Our Good Example

  
  Portiuncula: the Little Portion — Authority: 140
  St. Francis used to say that we should feel sorry for a preacher who sought his own glory in his work and not the good of his listeners, or who destroyed by the example of his bad life what he had accomplished by his teaching. Such a man was devoid of any true religious spirit. He maintained that an ordinary friar ...
  1 day ago

• Cesspool Of Pleasure

  
  Portiuncula: the Little Portion — Authority: 140
  Many change the place of contemplation into a place of idleness and change the eremitical way of life, which was devised for the perfecting of souls, into the cesspool of pleasure. Saint Francis of Assisi Celano, Second Life CHAPTER CXXXVI T
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• Spiritually Minded And Cheerful

  
  Portiuncula: the Little Portion — Authority: 140
  Franciscan Sisters, TOR from Toronto, Ohio Franciscans, no matter where they are or in whatever situation they find themselves, should, like spiritually minded people, diligently show reverence and honor to one another without murmuring (1 Peter 4:9). They should let it be seen that they are happy in God, ...
  2 days ago

• Preaching By Example

  
  Portiuncula: the Little Portion — Authority: 140
  "Let us consider our vocation, and how God, in his great mercy, called us not only for our own salvation but for that of many; and to this end we are to go through the world exhorting all men and women by our example as well as by our words to do penance for their sins, and to live keeping in mind the commandments of ...
  2 days ago

• Dr. Tom Ringenberg Addresses A Need

  
  Portiuncula: the Little Portion — Authority: 140
  Dr. Tom Ringenberg during personal prayer time at the Portiuncula Hermitage in Jerusalem, Ohio Dear Christian Brothers and Sisters, Having just experienced one of the most peaceful and fulfilling weekends of my Christian life, I feel led to write you and encourage you to take a fresh breath of the clean air ...
  2 days ago

• Please Help Build The Portiuncula Chapel

  
  Portiuncula: the Little Portion — Authority: 140
  Photo of the Portiuncula Chapel at the Franciscan University of Steubenville To duplicate this Chapel, the Portiuncula Hermitage needs to raise $120,000 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Its times like these that tempt Catholics to throw in the towel and give up on the culture of despair. ...
  2 days ago

• “Wild man wise man” session 6

  
  Sound and Silence — Authority: 114
  InitiationIn almost all cultures the world over, young people undergo rites of initiation. It normally marks the passage into adulthood. However in the recent west this has become less and less a feature of our culture, such that we live in what Sergio refers to as a “partly initiated society”.We need to ...
  3 days ago

• Beer pilgrims welcome in Assisi

  
  On pubs and beer - screeds by jesusjohn — Authority: 108
  Having raved about the Rome beer scene , it is only fitting I make time for the unexpected brewy pleasures I encountered in Umbria in September. Many make a pilgrimage to Assisi to find solace or other spiritual enhancement via the tomb of San Francesco, the Dr Doolittle of his day, or that of his girlfriend ...
  3 days ago

• Neglecting Virtue

  
  Portiuncula: the Little Portion — Authority: 140
  Dickson Old Church Edzell, Sctoland Blessed Francis was very grieved whenever he found virtue neglected in favor of the sort of learning that brings pride, especially if anyone was not persevering in the vocation to which he had first been called. Saint Francis of Assisi Mirror of Perfection - 69 T
  3 days ago

• Persistent Meditation

  
  Portiuncula: the Little Portion — Authority: 140
  Francis would recall Christs words through persistent meditation and bring to mind his deeds through the most penetrating consideration. The humility of the incarnation and the charity of the passion occupied his memory particularly, to the extent that he wanted to think of hardly anything else. Saint Francis of ...
  3 days ago

• Exaggerated Self-Denial Is A Form Of Pride

  
  Portiuncula: the Little Portion — Authority: 140
  Francis did his utmost to encourage the friars to lead austere lives, but he had no time for exaggerated self-denial which excluded tender compassion or was not tempered with discretion. Saint Francis of Assisi Bonaventure, Major Life CHAPTER V T
  4 days ago

• I Must Myself In Their Place

  
  Portiuncula: the Little Portion — Authority: 140
  Contigliano, Italy In those days, Blessed Francis was living at the hermitage of St. Eleutherius, not far from Contigliano, in the district of Rieti. Since he was wearing but one tunic and it was extremely cold, he was obliged to line the inside of it; so did his companion. His body felt some relief from this. A ...
  4 days ago

• "This is a warning to Catholics" say Spanish Bishops

  
  Portiuncula: the Little Portion — Authority: 140
  "This is a warning to Catholics, that they cant vote in favour of this and that they wont be able to receive communion unless they ask forgiveness ... They are in an objective state of sin". This is what Juan Antonion Martinez Camino (pictured right), the spokesman of Spains Catholic bishops conference, told a ...
  5 days ago

• Mystic Monk Coffee: Order In Time For Christmas!

  
  Chris Dickson — Authority: 123
  The Mystic Monks have been busy preparing some surprises for this Christmas Season! The most important of these is the Christmas Blend 2009 It is the most sophisticated blend available with a special blend of eight beans from all over the world. It is best described as a Medium Dark Blend with Citrus ...
  5 days ago

• Mystic Monk Coffee: Order In Time For Christmas!

  
  Portiuncula: the Little Portion — Authority: 140
  The Mystic Monks have been busy preparing some surprises for this Christmas Season! The most important of these is the Christmas Blend 2009 It is the most sophisticated blend available with a special blend of eight beans from all over the world. It is best described as a Medium Dark Blend with Citrus ...
  5 days ago

• Madmen and Fools

  
  Portiuncula: the Little Portion — Authority: 140
  Saint Francis said to brother Giles, "Our fraternity will little else than reproaches at having left their own possessions in order to eat at the expense of others. This caused them much suffering and great want. They were persecuted by their friends and relatives and by the citizens generally, both rich and poor, of ...
  5 days ago

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