OFM Franciscans PH

Welcome to the Official Twitter account of the OFM Franciscan priests and brothers - Philippine Province of San Pedro Bautista.

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Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Queen and Patroness of the Order of Franciscan , III Order

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5th day of the novena to St. Francis of Assisi

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Lord Jesus, I ask You to strengthen me that I may persevere in loving You that I may testify how much You love us. May everyday be an opportunity to seek You, to love You, and to serve You until I see Your face in my brothers and sisters. Amen

Fr. Willy Benito ,OFM

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Lord Jesus, You have called me to proclaim the Good News. Help me to break away from the spiritual laziness and indifference that deprive me of the grace to persevere in loving and serving You.
Amen

Fr. Willy Benito, Ofm

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Lord Jesus, may Your Spirit be at work in all missionaries as they proclaim the Gospel. Grant them strength during the time of loneliness so that they may persevere in doing the good works You have begun in them.
Amen
Fr. Willy Benito, OFM

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Lord Jesus, I thank You for calling me to follow You. Use me as Your instrument of peace and love I may proclaim anywhere I go. May I bring healing and forgiveness to my family and every person I meet in my journey.
Amen
Fr. Willy Benito, OFM

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Lord Jesus, I pray for strength that I may be ready to do whatever You ask of me. Left to myself I will just desire comfort, yet You made me realize that true discipleship is about self-emptying. May I abandon me so I may take the path leading to You.
Amen

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Amen.

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Father, You prepared the heart of the Virgin Mary to be a fitting home for Your Holy Spirit. By her prayers, may we become more worthy of Your glory. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

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Prayer of the day
by: Fr. Willy Benito, OFM

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franciscans philippines #OnThisDay in 1577, The OFM (Order of Friars Minor) #Franciscans arrived in the Philippines.
The Alcantarinian friars or the Discalced Franciscan friars formed by San Pedro de Alcántara, were one of the pioneering missionaries in the Philippines.

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Feast of the Sacred Heart
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for whom it is impossible not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners and grant us the grace which we ask of you, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, your tender Mother and ours.

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-Fr. Willy Benito, OFM

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Lord Jesus, I pray for all the leaders in the world who are drawing people away from the Gospel. I beg You to touch them so that they may allow goodness to shine in them. May I be able to awaken them that they may once again claim that they are rooted in You.
Amen

-Fr Willy, OFM

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' while the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbour's eye."

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Matthew 7:1-5
Jesus said, "Do not judge, that you may not be judged. For with the judgment you make you will be judged, the measure you give will be the measure you get . . . Or how can you say to your neighbour, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,

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Let Us Pray
Lord Jesus, may I use my time as an opportunity to grow in holiness. Let me put my effort into criticizing myself rather than others. May I work on my holiness so that I may help others in appreciating their own worth.
Amen

Fr. Willy Benito, OFM

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And let us not forget the suffering of the Ukrainian people. I would like you all to keep in mind a question: what am I doing today for the Ukrainian people? Do I pray? Am I doing something? Am I trying to understand? Each one of you, answer in your heart.

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and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Amen

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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread,