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.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIPraised be You, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, producing varied fruits with coloured flowers and herbs.
More Francis of Assisi Quotes
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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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For it is in giving that we receive.
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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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Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
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Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
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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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It is not fitting, when one is in God’s service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
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I am the herald of the Great King.
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Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.
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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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Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
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Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.
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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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Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
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