translate English to French: It is rather a matter of the primitive Franciscan practice of singing the praises of God and exhorting others to do penance (laus et exhortatio). In chapter 21 of the Earlier Rule, we also find a model of what "all the brothers - therefore, those also who are not priests - can say in front of the people".
Au contraire, qu'ils soient, toujours et partout, plus petits - mineurs, comme dit leur nom.