1. Understanding Franciscan Spirituality Part 2 The God who reveals Himself

2. Kenosis Self-emptying From Bonaventure – self-giving, totally, completely, unconditionally for the good of the other

3. Good Francis speaks of God as good, the most high good, the supreme good. The highest form of good is Love

4. See Jn 13, 15, Mt 5, 44 & Lk 6, 27, 35 give life for friends Give life to Francis is to give everything To hold nothing back

5. See St Paul Rom 35 & Phil 2 Phil 2 the great hymn of servant-hood Emptied himself Form of a slave Accepting even death on the cross Showing the depth of God’s love for us

6. 6 “ 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross”. Philippians 2:5-8 The Revised Standard Version. 1971 (Php 2:5). Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc. Poverty of God

7. God All that Jesus says and does, reveals who God is. That which exists visibly in Jesus, exists invisibly, mysteriously, in God. The Incarnation is an act of humility, this is because God is a Being of humility. Jesus is poor because God is poor. the Father, God himself, in the garments of the eternal Servant The Cross, Passion and death of Jesus = the fullness and depth of the Father’s love, and His willingness to sacrifice all to show that Love.

8. Jesus came so that the Father could show himself (may your name be glorified: it reveals who you are, Your "glory - kabod"). And the Father confirms it for us! God is a Love.

9. Now, to love is to die to oneself, not only preferring others to oneself, but refusing to exist for oneself, with the purpose of existing only for others. God is a Trinity. The Existence of God is eternally in the act of giving himself to others.

10. Who is your God After reading the Scriptures, the thoughts of Francis, the words of Pope Benedict XVI Who, what is your image of God? Who is the God you believe in?