CHAPTER 9 RESOURCE FOR GROWTH

A RULE OF MUTUAL SERVICE IS THE CORE OF BEING FRANCISCAN CONFIDENTLY MAKE KNOWN A NEED YOU HAVE TO ANOTHER CARE & LOVE WITH EACH OTHER AS A MOTHER DO NOT JUDGE NO ONE BE CALLED PRIOR, WE ARE ALL LESSER BROTHERS LET ONE WASH THE FEET OF THE OTHER

MOST EFFECTIVE LEADERS MOVE PATIENTLY, CAREFULLY, AND INCONSPICUOUSLY THEY DO WHAT IS RIGHT QUIET LEADERS-THEIR MODESTY AND RESTRAINT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR IMPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENTS. LIVING THE GOSPELSQUIETLY, SIMPLY, MODESTLY THEY DO NOT LOOK FOR APPLAUSE & RECOGNITION, BUT FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS

THE CHRISTMAS CRIB

FRANCIS’S CHRISTMAS CRIB AROUSED THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE IT EMPOWERS PEOPLE TO REMEMBER THE BIRTH OF JESUS AS A PWERFUL AND CONCRETE EVENT AT GRECCIO HE SHOWED THE FRIARS HOW TO CELEBRATE CHRIT’S BIRTH

BECOMING RESOURCES FOR GROWTH WHEN PEOPLE LOOK INTO MY EYES DO THEY SEE INTEREST, VALUING, AND SERIOUS CARE? WE MIGHT NOT HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS, BUT BRINGING THE HOLY SPIRIT WITH YOU AND ASK “HOW MIGHT I HELP YOU? WORK FOR OTHERS HELP THEM ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS USE THE GIFTS OF THOSE AROUND YOU

FRANCISCAN LEADERS SUPPOT AFFIRM AND RESOURCE THOSE WITH WHOM THEY LIVE AND WORK LOVE-JESUS AND FRANCIS GAVE US THE PERFECT EXAMPLES OF LOVING LEADERSHIP