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The Way of Life of a Sister of St. Francis
The heart of a sister’s life is intimacy with God, service to God’s people, and care for God’s universe. This relationship is lived in community and expressed in a gospel way of life according to the Constitutions of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia:
"Jesus is an ever present guiding force in my life. But when prayer is difficult, or time for personal prayers needs to be shortened, I can depend on and feel the strength of my sisters who are at prayer."
POVERTY
"...we freely bind ourselves to the dependent and limited use and disposition of material goods...God’s love creates in us a heart freed from self-interest so that, like Jesus, we are empowered to give ourselves unsparingly in ministry to all." Constitutions, #55
CHASTITY
"God’s love creates in us an undivided heart; thus...we are enabled to love selflessly all others with and in Jesus Christ...We find the human support for living consecrated chastity in the love which we share as sisters." Constitutions, #48, 50
OBEDIENCE
"The love of God creates in us a heart that is united in mind and will with the heart of Jesus...allowing us, then, to move among others, not in an attitude of domination, but in a spirit of mutual service." Constitutions, #66
