The evangelical life to follow Christ Following to be conformed to Him
{"Image DocumentName": "The evangelical life to follow Christ Following to be conformed to Him", "Image ImageDescription": "Many men and women, married and single, and many members of the diocesan clergy are called by God to follow the way of perfection of the gospel life after the example and manner of Francis of Assisi \u2026 promise to follow Jesus Christ and to live the gospel in fraternity by entering the Secular Franciscan Order. (Ritual). The sequela Christi depends on the observance of the Gospel. For Francis, following Christ does not mean to re-propose facts and gestures of the earthly life of the Lord, but rather to orient one\u2019s life on all the evangelical demands by sharing and imitating the God, who has emptied Himself all the way to death on a cross for the salvation of the world. Francis had a dominant thought, an insuppressible desire, a constant intention: that of a self-formation oriented to conformation. The following for the sake of love, in fact, has no other goal than \u00abchristification\u00bb and it is completely finalized to transform the lover into the image of the loved one (LM XIII, 2; FF 1224). Francis was therefore \u00abcompletely taken by Jesus. He carried Jesus in his heart, Jesus on his lips, Jesus in the ears, Jesus in the eyes, Jesus in the hands, Jesus in all the other members ...\u00bb (1Cel 115; FF 522). In so doing Francis reaches the full conformation to Christ.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}