Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIAbove all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
More Francis of Assisi Quotes
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Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.
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Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
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If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man’s conscience, although he do not obey it yet he shall not be dismissed.
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Praised be You, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, producing varied fruits with coloured flowers and herbs.
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The Father willed that his blessed and glorious Son, whom he gave to us and who was born for us, should through his own blood offer himself as a sacrificial victim on the altar of the cross. This was to be done not for himself through whom all things were made, but for our sins.
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We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.
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It is not fitting, when one is in God’s service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
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It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
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If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.
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Praised be You, my Lord, through Brother Fire, through whom You light the night, and he is beautiful and playful and robust and strong.
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Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars; in the heavens, you have made them bright, precious and fair.
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Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.
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Holy humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world.
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Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
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