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SUMMARY:Saint Francis of Paola
DESCRIPTION:Saint Francis of Paola\nSaint of the Day for April 2\n(March 27\, 1416 – April 2\, 1507)\nhttps://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODApr02.mp3\nSaint Francis of Paola’s Story\nFrancis of Paola was a man who deeply loved contemplative solitude and wished only to be the “least in the household of God.” Yet\, when the Church called him to active service in the world\, he became a miracle-worker and influenced the course of nations. \nAfter accompanying his parents on a pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi\, he began to live as a contemplative hermit in a remote cave near Paola\, on Italy’s southern seacoast. Before he was 20\, he received the first followers who had come to imitate his way of life. Seventeen years later\, when his disciples had grown in number\, Francis established a Rule for his austere community and sought Church approval. This was the founding of the Hermits of St. Francis of Assisi\, who were approved by the Holy See in 1474. \nIn 1492\, Francis changed the name of his community to “Minims” because he wanted them to be known as the least (minimi) in the household of God. Humility was to be the hallmark of the brothers as it had been in Francis’s personal life. Besides the vows of poverty\, chastity and obedience\, Francis enjoined upon his followers the fourth obligation of a perpetual Lenten fast. He felt that heroic mortification was necessary as a means for spiritual growth. \nIt was Francis’s desire to be a contemplative hermit\, yet he believed that God was calling him to the apostolic life. He began to use the gifts he had received\, such as the gifts of miracles and prophecy\, to minister to the people of God. A defender of the poor and oppressed\, Francis incurred the wrath of King Ferdinand of Naples for the admonitions he directed toward the king and his sons. \nFollowing the request of Pope Sixtus IV\, Francis traveled to Paris to help Louis XI of France prepare for his death. While ministering to the king\, Francis was able to influence the course of national politics. He helped to restore peace between France and Brittany by advising a marriage between the ruling families\, and between France and Spain by persuading Louis XI to return some disputed land. \nFrancis died while at the French court. \n\nReflection\nThe life of Francis of Paola speaks plainly to an overactive world. He was a contemplative man called to active ministry and must have felt keenly the tension between prayer and service. Yet\, in Francis’s life it was a productive tension\, for he clearly utilized the fruits of contemplation in his ministry\, which came to involve the workings of nations. He responded so readily and so well to the call of the Church from a solid foundation in prayer and mortification. When he went out to the world\, it was not he who worked but Christ working through him—“the least in the household of God.” \n\nSaint Francis of Paola is the Patron Saint  of:\nSailors \n\nAnother Saint of the Day for April 2 is Blessed Elisabetta Vendramini.
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-francis-of-paola/2018-04-02/
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