{"product_id":"catechism-of-the-third-order-of-st-francis","title":"Catechism of the Third Order of St. Francis","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"position: relative; padding-top: max(60%,324px); width: 100%; height: 0;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"position: absolute; border: none; width: 100%; height: 100%; left: 0; top: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/online.fliphtml5.com\/kgapw\/Catechism-of-the-third-order-sample\/\" title=\"Catechism of the third order sample\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eA question and answer explanation originally written in 1929 of the Rule of the Third Order Secular of St. Francis, as revised by Pope Leo XIII.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e“The greatest benefit that Tertiaries derive is that their whole life is regulated by a Rule approved by the Church and capable of leading them to a high degree of sanctity. In fact, the Rule is nothing but the law of the Gospel applied to the condition of people living in the world.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe Third Order—also called the Order of Penance—is a true order for Catholics who remain in the world. St. Francis founded it in 1221 after men and women, bound by family and daily work, asked him for a way to live the Gospel perfectly without abandoning their ordinary vocations. Members wear the scapular and cord, complete a year of novitiate, and make a lifelong profession to keep the commandments of God and of the Church and to observe the Rule. That Rule is not a new set of precepts binding under sin, but the law of the Gospel applied to life in the world: moderation in dress and manner of living, confession and Holy Communion, daily prayer, fraternal charity, care for the sick and the poor, and a spirit of penance that counters the pride, luxury, and worldliness of the age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003ePope Leo XIII, himself a Tertiary, saw the Order as the Church’s most practical instrument for restoring Christian life. In \u003cem\u003eAuspicato Concessum\u003c\/em\u003e he invited the faithful into this “sacred army of Jesus Christ.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThis booklet explains every article of that Rule so that those who live in the world may, like the first Tertiaries, serve God in a more perfect manner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e67 pages  |  8in x 5in  |  Paperback\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fr. Ferdinand Gruen, O.F.M.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55302622740779,"sku":"9781963696820","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/6797\/9563\/files\/Copyofst.michaelshopify_33.png?v=1788269634","url":"https:\/\/corjesupress.com\/products\/catechism-of-the-third-order-of-st-francis","provider":"Cor Jesu Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}