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Jesus is “ ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:11-12).
Amen, I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." (Mathew 17:20) Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" (John11:25-26) Jesus said to him, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6) Amen, I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." (Mathew 17:20)
The beginning of wisdom is fear of the LORD, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. (Proverbs 9:10). The fear of the LORD is a strong defense, a refuge even for one's children. The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death. (Proverbs 9:26-27). Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (John8:12). For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. (John 3:16)
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink." His disciples had gone into the town to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him, "How can you, a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan woman, for a drink?" (For Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans.) Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God and who is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." [The woman] said to him, "Sir, you do not even have a bucket and the well is deep; where then can you get this living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself with his children and his flocks?" Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again; but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." .....(John 4:5-42).
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and every one that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit. You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you. Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing. Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you. (John 15:1-7)
Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" (John11:25-26) Jesus said to him, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6)
Saint Francis of Assisi. Our Holy Father, St. Francis of Assisi – Giovanni Francesco di Bernadone was born in 1182 and died October 3, 1226. He was the son of a wealthy cloth merchant. As a youth, Francesco – or Francis on English – was generous and fun loving, a devotee of Troubadours. His ambition was to become a knight in the service of his beloved city, Assisi.
Pioneering Evangelization is the charism of the Congregation. The Congregation was established to take the Gospel to the non-Christians, to plant the Catholic Faith, to build up the Church and to work for the integral human development of the poorest of the poor, downtrodden and those who live at the periphery.
Bro. Paulus Hermann Moritz, CMSF (1869-1942), Founder of the Franciscan Missionary Brothers. Born into a prominent Jewish family on 29th June 1869 in Konigsberg, East Prussia, he was named Heymann Hermann Moritz. He received his Jewish and primary education in Konigsberg.
Good spiritual leadership is essential to the life of the Church. Jesus appointed Peter to be the leader of his brother apostles and to strengthen them in the faith. The need for spiritual leadership is evident in the office of the Religious order as well so that he can be a suitable shepherd for the people of God entrusted to his care.
Jesus said "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in their midst of them." (Mt. 18:20) keeping this in mind we brothers live in our religious community and giving witness to Christ.
The Saint Thomas province is dedicated to Saint Thomas the Apostle of India. It was made a Province in 1979 during VIII General Chapter. The Province was bifurcated, and a new Region was created as St. John DE Britto Region in Tamil Nadu in the year 2003. At present there are 49 Brothers and 15 Communities in the Province. The activities of St. Thomas Province are spread over 10 Dioceses including the Diocese of Houston, USA.
Franciscan Missionary Brothers of North America, New York is established in the year 2000. The first community is in New York and the second one is established in the year 2004 at Houston, Texas. We have another community established in the year 2002 who is serving at Prince George, Canada. Brothers are serving the people as a pastoral minister and also working in the healing ministry.
Indeed, the word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart. (Heb4:12) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race; the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. (Jn 1:1-5).
When he looked up he saw some wealthy people putting their offerings into the treasury and he noticed a poor widow putting in two small coins. He said, "I tell you truly, this poor widow put in more than all the rest; for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood." (Lk 21:1-4)
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Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. (2cor9:7). Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running o..
The Congregation of the Missionary Brothers of Saint Francis of Assisi, Congregation Missionaria Sancti Francisci (CMSF) is inspired by the Vision, Spirituality and Mission of Saint Francis of Assisi and Brother Paulus Moritz. Brother Paulus Moritz, the Founder of the Congregation, was a visionary of God, who articulated in deeds the dreams of Saint Francis of Assisi, our Seraphic Father.Brother Paulus Moritz, born in Germany in 1869, whose MISSION for the suffering humanity ignited the lives of hundreds of his followers in the past 117 years in the world. The members of the Congregation persevere in the pursuit of holiness in fidelity to our Charism of “Pioneering Evangelization” and service to the poor, giving light and life to thousands of people on the periphery over the years in different regions of the world.The Brothers have been called to follow the ..