Franciscan Prayer: The Path of Service. This method of prayer uses our five senses to recognize God continually and in everything. It appeals to those who prefer informal prayer and who want to act of behalf of others. This is an optimistic type of prayer that includes acts of loving service. While they may not realize it and many are not regular churchgoers, about 38% of the believing population worships using the Franciscan prayer method.
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Method
1. Go to a place where nature abounds
2. Feel the beauty and freshness of nature
3. Pick up a flower or a leaf (or observe the majesty of a tree, or canyon, etc.) that attracts your attention and wonder at the way God has created it
4. Glorify and praise God in prayer for this gift of nature and for all the good that you experience that very moment.
5. Respond to your awareness of the sanctity and power of creation in ways that actively, yet quietly, magnify and reflect God's awesome gifts of nature.
Are you a Franciscan prayer? In what ways do you respond to your prayer?
