A LITANY AND EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE BASED ON THE RULE OF THESECULAR FRANCISCAN ORDER (PART I)
Response: Lord, have mercy.
1. For all the ways I have brought division to my family, my community, my
parish, or my fraternity...R:
2. For all the ways I have not been life-giving, making present the charism of St. Francis to my family, friends, and
Fraternity brothers and sisters...R:
3. For all the ways I have not appreciated the unique gifts of each individual...R:
4. For all the ways I have failed to strive for holiness...R:
5. For the times I have not looked to St. Francis as a model and source of inspiration...R:
6. For the times I did not strive for perfect charity...R:
7. For the ways I did not live the Gospel in the manner of St. Francis, from Gospel to life and life to the Gospel...R:
8. For the times that Christ-the Way, the Truth and the Life-has not been the center of my life...R:
9. For the times I have not been alive with the Spirit of St. Francis ...R:
10. For the times the Eucharist has not been my key encounter with the living Christ, after the example of St. Francis...R:
11. For the times I have not looked for Christ in the Scriptures, in the Eucharist, in the Sacrament of Reconciliation and other
Sacraments and in my brothers and sisters...R:
12. For the times I have not proclaimed Christ by my life and my words...R:
13. For the times I have not responded to the call to ..rebuild the Church"...R:
14. For the ways I have not lived in fuIl communion with the pope, bishops, and priests...R:
I5. For the times I have stifled the interior call to conversion...R:
16. For the times I have neglected the source of grace and mercy in the Sacrament of Reconciliation...R:
17. For the times I have failed to worship the Father in prayer...R:
18. For the times I have not showed my love for Mary by imitating her self-giving and confident prayer...R:
19. For the times I have not faithfully fulfilled the duties of my state of life...R:
20. For the times I did not witness like the poor and crucified Christ in difficulties and persecution...R:
To be continued on January 6, 2023
Questions for discussion or to comment on in your journal.
+ Which articles of the Rule correspond to each line of the litany?
+ Choose two or three of the items above each day and make them the center of your prayer.
+ How does our Rule inspire us to daily conversion?
+ Come back to this litany throughout 2023. How are you changing in your life as a Catholic and as a Franciscan?

The Third Order is divided into two branches: secular and regular. The secular branch (OFS) are men and women who strive to follow the Gospel through the example of St. Francis. The OFS is represented at Mt. Alvernia and is very active.

The Regulars are men and women who follow the Third Order Rule in communty. The TOR Franciscans, the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn , and many of the active Religious Sisters' communities fall into this branch of the Order.

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