Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
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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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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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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Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these, they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve.
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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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Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
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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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It is not fitting, when one is in God’s service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
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If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
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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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For it is in giving that we receive.
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Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.
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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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I am the herald of the Great King.
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Praised be You, my Lord, with all Your creatures, especially Sir Brother Sun, Who is the day through whom You give us light. And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendour; of You, Most High, he bears the likeness.
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