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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#990033" TEXT="#080000" background="01ed4c00ddthgj.png"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>Ancestral Wisdom</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>In this night, Beloved, there is only you.</B></div> <div> <B>In this moment,      there is only you.</B></div> <div> <B>As I breathe this breath, there is only you.</B></div> <div> <B>I breathe this breath, and there is only you.</B></div> <div> <B>In this silence, there is only you.</B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFCC80" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="558" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#6633CC" BORDERCOLORDARK="#CC99CC" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#339999 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="546"><div>                                                   </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 73 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0d14e490.png" border=0 width="78" height="73" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#6633CC" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><B>The Fourth Order of Francis and Clare </B></FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="home"><U><B>home</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#6633CC" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#6633CC" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dec 04"><U><B> </B></U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dec 04"><U><B>site guide</B></U></A></FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>About Us</B></div> <div> The Fourth Order of Francis and Clare is a non-traditional multifaith community whose companions practice radical awareness of the divine presence within ourselves, in others and in all creation.</div> <bR> <div> Although we come from diverse faith traditions or none at all, we proclaim the unity and transforming power of divine love experienced through prayer, contemplation, joy, suffering and compassion.</div> <bR> <div> The Fourth Order does not represent any particular religion or denomination. Companions of the Fourth Order maintain interfaith practice as well as practice within their own faith traditions.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id35_m.htm" TITLE="About Us"><U>Back to Top</U></A>     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="home"><U>Home Page</U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>