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Support for the Jahanzabi Family

2/24/2019

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Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation
From the St. Francis of Assisi JPIC Team
(Marion, Maureen, Charlie, Nancy & Joan) 
 March, 2019
The St, Francis of Assisi Fraternity is regularly using the prayer below as one means of support for the safe arrival of the Jahanzabi family in PEI.
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Prayer for our Refugee Family
Dear Mary, Our Mother, we ask for your prayerful intercession on behalf of the Jahanzabi family, refugees in Thailand.
 
Mary, Queen of the Angels, we ask that you afford John, Humaira, Justin and Johanna
protection from all harm. Mary, you know what it is to flee because of persecution.
Through your compassionate care may the Jahanzabi family not lose hope, and remain assured of their eventual safe release from Thailand and entry into Canada.
 
May the Holy Spirit guide and strengthen us as we work together in sponsoring this refugee family. May our request be granted for the glory of God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
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JPIC Moment: Bearers of Peace - A call to action

2/3/2019

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Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation
 
From the St. Francis of Assisi JPIC Team (Mike, Marion, Maureen & Charlie)
February, 2019

 
Bearers of Peace: A Call to Action
“…bearers of peace which must be built up unceasingly, they should seek out ways of unity and fraternal harmony through dialogue …
Messengers of perfect joy in every circumstance, they should strive to bring joy and hope to others.” (Article 19 of our Rule)
 
(The following is a reflection by Carolyn D. Townes, OFS,  National JPIC Animator, USA)
 
What I especially love and appreciate about Article 19 is that it states emphatically in the opening that we “are bearers of peace...” not that we strive to become, or we will be someday – but that we already are. And as such, we must bring that bold statement to life, into action – every moment of our lives. Not someday. Not when we are ready, but right this very moment.
 
What a great grace that God has bestowed upon us – a grace we must all live up to and into. And how do we live out this gift of grace? By doing it in love. Not the love of feeling as we wait until we feel something. But the love of doing, making the decision every single moment to will the good of the other; to wish the other “peace and all good,” and to truly mean it. When Saint Francis set about wishing his fellow countrymen “Pace e bene,” he truly meant it.

 
(excerpt from the Fall, 2018 issue of TAU-USA, the newsletter of the National Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order)
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