Images – ORDO FRANCISCANUS SAECULARIS

“Penance! Penance! Penance! Pray to God for sinners. Go, kiss the ground for the conversion of sinners.”

St. Francis of Assisi (1620-1680) by Giovanni Fulcho

The Miracle of the Roses of St. Elizabeth (1839) by Karl von Blaas

Death of Saint Francis of Assisi (16th Century)

Saint Francis in Meditation (1606) by Caravaggio

Saint Louis IX of France (1844) by Emile Signol

Saint Clare of Assisi (approximately 1610-1677) by Jeremiasz Falck

Meditation of St. Francis (1632) by Francisco de Zurbaran

Exorcism of the Demons at Arezzo (1297-99) by Giotto Di Bondone

Let members of the Third Order in every refinement and apparel, having disdained more sumptuous elegance, hold that, which is befitting to each, the rule of moderation. 
The Rule, Chapter II, § I.

Blessed be the Lord my God, who teacheth my hands to fight, and my fingers to war. 
Psalms 143,1 DR