St. Francis of Assisi Coffee Club- All welcome!

mommyof4 · #1 Oct 31, '07, 2:22 pm

I'm starting a new chat group, The St. Francis of Assisi Coffee Club. (Don't worry if you don't like coffee, we won't make you drink any). This club is for all forum members who want to come in, kick back, and get away from the sometimes intense threads in the other forums. I'm praying that St. Francis will pray for us all, and allow all who post here to do so in a spirit of charity and friendship.

anamchara · #2 Oct 31, '07, 2:26 pm

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I'm starting a new chat group, The St. Francis of Assisi Coffee Club. (Don't worry if you don't like coffee, we won't make you drink any). This club is for all forum members who want to come in, kick back, and get away from the sometimes intense threads in the other forums. I'm praying that St. Francis will pray for us all, and allow all who post here to do so in a spirit of charity and friendship.

Blessings on you Mary! An inspired idea

I shall visit often.

mommyof4 · #3 Oct 31, '07, 2:27 pm

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy;
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

mommyof4 · #4 Oct 31, '07, 2:28 pm

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Blessings on you Mary! An inspired idea

I shall visit often.

Please do!

anamchara · #5 Oct 31, '07, 2:31 pm

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is Hatred, let me sow Love.
Where there is Injury, Pardon.
Where there is Doubt, Faith.
Where there is Despair, Hope.
Where there is Darkness, Light, and
Where there is Sadness, Joy.

O Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much
seek to be consoled as to console;
To be understood, as to understand;
To be loved, as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
And it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.

Amen

Can't have this thread without that prayer.

mommyof4 · #6 Oct 31, '07, 2:33 pm

JINX! Great minds think alike!

anamchara · #7 Oct 31, '07, 2:35 pm

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JINX! Great minds think alike!

This is one my favorite poems of his. It's short and so very lovely.

The Tree of Love

The tree of love its roots hath spread
Deep in my heart, and rears its head;
Rich are its fruits: they joy dispense;
Transport the heart, and ravish sense.
In love's sweet swoon to thee I cleave,
Bless'd source of love . . . ,

- St. Francis of Asissi, Into Love's Furnace I am Cast.

mommyof4 · #8 Oct 31, '07, 2:36 pm

I didn't know St. Francis was such a gifted writer.

anamchara · #9 Oct 31, '07, 2:44 pm

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I didn't know St. Francis was such a gifted writer.

I honestly didn't either until I started looking up his poems. He had a very beautiful soul.

mommyof4 · #10 Oct 31, '07, 2:46 pm

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I honestly didn't either until I started looking up his poems. He had a very beautiful soul.

I think he is a wonderful saint. I would love to be more like him in so man ways.

My daughter is yelling up to my room- my "closet" is up in the crows nest at school, and she is standing 3 floors down, talking to me.

anamchara · #11 Oct 31, '07, 2:54 pm

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I think he is a wonderful saint. I would love to be more like him in so man ways.

My daughter is yelling up to my room- my "closet" is up in the crows nest at school, and she is standing 3 floors down, talking to me.

Reading about the Saints seriously helps us stay focused. He is one of my very favorite Saints.

How can you hear her? lol! speaking of daughters, I need to finish around here. We are having friends over later and our kids are trick or treating together. My husband is coming home early to help our oldest set up a spooky garage.

I'll try and drop back in later.

I'm so glad you did this Mary. Thanks

djrakowski · #12 Oct 31, '07, 3:31 pm

Just posting to get this thread bookmarked... I think it's a wonderful idea, Mary!

chewchoo · #13 Oct 31, '07, 4:13 pm

hello coffee-ites

will you be giving cups of coffee to the trick or treaters???

i think i recently got a book by/about st francis.
i'm gonna have to go check my stack

Jeanette L · #14 Oct 31, '07, 4:41 pm

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hello coffee-ites

will you be giving cups of coffee to the trick or treaters???

i think i recently got a book by/about st francis.
i'm gonna have to go check my stack

I think I'll have to do decaf tonight, can't mess up all that beauty sleep I seem to need.

I don't know that I have anything by St. Francis and I don't know why, I think he's a wonderful Saint.

I'm going to have to try to find some nice quotes by him, this would be a nice thing to do here, while we chat.

chewchoo · #15 Oct 31, '07, 4:51 pm

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I think I'll have to do decaf tonight, can't mess up all that beauty sleep I seem to need.

I don't know that I have anything by St. Francis and I don't know why, I think he's a wonderful Saint.

I'm going to have to try to find some nice quotes by him, this would be a nice thing to do here, while we chat.

hiya
i found the book, it's more about then by him.
it seems to be about his "enduring fascination"
but unfortunately it sounds like it might have an environmentalist spin to it...