Francies of Assisi and the Consecrated Life

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Knowing st Francis ...13 2. The fundamental option for god ...21 Focus on God ...21 The importance of conversion ...22 The conversion experience of St Francis ...23 The encounter with God in prayer ...27 3. The centrality of jesus christ ...31 Terminology ...31 The mystery of the incarnation ...32 The mystery of the redemption ...33 The centrality of christ in sacred scripture ...34 St Francis and the person of christ ...36 The discovery of the total christ ...37 The three great christ events ...37 4. The primacy of the Gospel ...45 The Good news ...45 St Franci`s and the gospel ...46 The novelty of St Francis ...47 St Franci`s underst understanding of the Gospel ...48 The Gospel as the way of life ...49 The Gospel values ...50 5. Radical renunciation ...54 What is renunciation ? ....64 St Francis and renunciation ...55 St Francis and Poverty ...56 The legacy of St Francis ...58 St Clare and poverty ...60 6. Total dependence on god ...63 The fatherhood of god ...63 In touch with God ...65 Directed by God ...66 The divine providence ...67 7. Focus on fraternal living ...71 Broptherhood of the humans ...71 Universal brotherhood ...72 Brotherhood in christ ...74 Brotherhood of St Francis ...75 Fraternal living according to St Francis ...77 Meaningful fraternal living ...79 8. Loyalty to the church ...81 The loyal son of the church ...81 Role of St Francis in the Church ...82 Francis, the Missionary ...84 Availability to the church ...85 Relevance of St Francis in the church today ...87 St Francis and the Sense of the church ...89 9. Consecrated life in the church ...91 Nature of the consecrated life ...91 Perfect form of discipleship ...93 Ful;filment of the last wishes of jesus ...95 The consercrated life of St Francis ...99 The obedience of St Francis ....103 10. The francisan witness in India ...106 The francisan miossionary movement ...106 The capuchin mission ...108 Franciscan presence in India ...108 Franciscan witness to holiness ...110 Franciscanism and indian spirituality ...111