Novena in honor of St. Francis of Assisi. Second day

Novena in honor of St. Francis of Assisi.Second day .
Two . Existential DOUBTMEETING WITH POOR HUMBLE AND CRUCIFIED CHRIST
By the sign of the Cross + + Deliver Us From our enemies Lord our God + In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit + Amen

Act of Contrition :Lord Jesus Christ, true God and man , Creator , Father and Redeemer mine, for being who you are and why you I love you above all things , weighs me Lord , I repent in the soul and in my heart I offended . I firmly believe and propose amendments to never sin, to turn away from the times of confession and penance was imposed on me for my sins . Lord I offer you my life , work and work satisfaction of all my sins . So as I pray , and trust in your infinite mercy forgive me and give me light and grace to mend and persevere in your holy service until the last moment and end my life amen.
Texts to deepen
Mk 8 , 34-9 . 1 Lk 9 , 23-27 Mt 10: 38-39 Luke 14, 27 , 17 . 33 Jn . 12 , 25-26

 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself , take up his cross and follow me .
 For whoever would save his life will lose it , and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
 What will it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life ? Or what can a man give in exchange for his life ? (Mt 16.24 to 27 )Francis was a normal man like everyone else, with great aspirations , desires fame , thought to have the world at his feet and lacked only one thing : to be an invincible warrior , "to be a prince." You can order pro become famous battlefields for a few feats of arms and conquer by the sword ennobled . Since the dawn of glory shone in his eyes ! What would have been him and him, if this dream would have done ? Perhaps a powerful of this world. His will of prestige and dominance , elated by success, could lead to violate many things to achieve their ends . Had it done so , it would have been a fleeting fame . But Francisco is put on a war footing .But in Spoleto , an inner voice asks him , questioned him and urges him to return to Assisi . Francisco be persuaded and he has no other way to backtrack . How ridiculous ! What frustration! What a bad name! After all I had dreams of grandeur ... This abrupt change caused astonishment , and rightly so. Imagine the surprise of his friends , his family to see him back . But for some time and yet Francisco was no longer the same , was suffering a lack of meaning in his life, did not know what had come into the world , their existence was meaningless despite big dreams I had. Despite all appearances was no longer the same .The desire for fame, the desire for success and the desire of glory had seized him and dazzled him hard, but only for an instant . Everything was short-lived as are the fireworks that they are beautiful and dazzling look are that: artifice , image, appearance . It was necessary that another breath blew in the life of Francis and invaded to regain the illusion , the joy , the sense of his life." Broken by long illness , Thomas of Celano tells us he began to think within himself anything other than what it used to " . ( 1C 3). As you strength returned again came out to see the countryside . But behold, this countryside had seen him grow and he loved it, and it meant nothing . He seemed to lose color and fade on arrival. The spell was broken . All He was broken ! Everything was indifferent . He felt cold and withdrew.Actually this indifference was , in fact, the sign of a deeper disappointment and that had to do with all that until then had seduced and fascinated him . All the old values ​​had gone by land. Francisco ,the great Francisco discovered the emptiness of his life! A vacuum such that nothing in the world can fill . Even the beauty of things .Francisco found himself and his reality. Your empty reality terribly distressing. He lacked the horizon , lacked the joy , lacked the sun shine not only on the countryside in the shade, but the sun that shone within himself . Francisco begins to sense that something is changing and that what he expected in war, in the life he led until now was merely " vanity of vanities " . What to do now , who could tell the way to go ?Francisco enters into himself , as if the same were wrapped in a something that would lead to increasingly deep and genuine search of its existence . In his quest Francisco not find something but someone , or rather he may be found by anyonefor Jesus Christ! Jesus Christ is revealed under the features of the Crucified , is the humanity of God more accurately we should say " the humanization of God." For hours francisco contemplates Christ on the Cross. No, that God does not look anything like that of ecclesiastical lordships , not the God of feudal wars or holy wars . It is not the God of money. It is not the God of the privileged the new social order . Nor is the God of the powerful today, not the God of those who feel good , the style of the Pharisees and the scribes of Holy Writ . God is not a ruler .Quite the contrary . It is in the deepest of trouble in the world, in each of small, crushed by the society of yesterday and today , you can easily recognize in him is his brother . " And being the exceedingly rich , wanted , along with the Blessed Virgin , your Mother , to choose poverty in the world " (2 CTAF 5).The sharing the glory of God and that was above all deigned exist with small, children, the humiliated , the beaten and the marginalized of all time . Francis in his poverty and solitude , discovers , contemplates the unfathomable humanity of God . Inflamed heart, opens this breath of tenderness that penetrates to the background of the soul. Then born in him a great desire : to share in the spirit of the Lord , follow the Most High Son of God in his human , in his humility and poverty , giving up wanting to be above others to be with them, to reach be one of them , the smallest among them : his brother .Francisco has found true meaning in life and existence , from now on I will not rest until becoming another Christ , in Christ, poor , humble and crucified in the same way that the Son of God , the Word incarnate.This is the life of Francis and his relationship with God to a God with fully human and fully God Divine. In light of the above I invite you to reflect as follows :High, glorious God, enlighten the darkness of my heart . Give me true faith, certain hope and perfect charity . Hit and knowledge oh Lord to fulfill your holy and true command . Amen .1. What are my greatest aspirations in life ?Two . What is so more fight ?Three . Where does God in my life and in my plans ?April . What image do I have of Jesus Christ?May . Am I willing to transfigurarme another Christ , poor, humble and crucified ?Praises of GodAuthor : St. Francis of Assisi.You are holy , Lord God only , you do wonders .You are strong , you are great , you are very high .Almighty King You are , You are Holy Father, King of heaven and earth .You are Three and One , Lord God , all good.You are good, all good, supreme good , Lord God living and true .You are charity and love , you are wisdom.You are humility , you are patience , You are safe .You're quiet , You are joy and gladness .You are justice and temperance.You are all our riches to satisfaction.You are beauty , You are meekness.You are a protector, guardian and defender Thou art .You are strong , You are refreshment.You are our hope, You are our faith .You are the great sweetness ours.You are our eternal life , great and wonderful Lord , Almighty God,
 merciful SaviourPray three Our ​​Fathers and three Hail Mary and Glory Be.