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.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIGreat and glorious God, and Thou Lord Jesus, I pray you shed abroad your light in the darkness of my mind. Be found of me, Lord, so that in all things I may act only in accordance with Thy holy will.
More Francis of Assisi Quotes
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I am the herald of the Great King.
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A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
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Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
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Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.
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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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Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
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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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Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
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Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this 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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We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God’s sake.
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Great and glorious God, and Thou Lord Jesus, I pray you shed abroad your light in the darkness of my mind. Be found of me, Lord, so that in all things I may act only in accordance with Thy holy will.
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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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Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.
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Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.
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