Francis of Assisi on charity
Francis of Assisi33 quotes“Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.”
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Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Francis of AssisiFrancis of Assisi 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.
Francis of AssisiFrancis of Assisi Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
Francis of AssisiFrancis of Assisi It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
Francis of AssisiFrancis of Assisi Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.
Francis of AssisiFrancis of Assisi Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
Francis of AssisiFrancis of Assisi 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 AssisiFrancis of Assisi 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.
Francis of AssisiFrancis of Assisi I am the herald of the Great King.
Francis of AssisiFrancis of Assisi 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 AssisiFrancis of Assisi Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.
Francis of AssisiFrancis of Assisi 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.
Francis of AssisiFrancis of Assisi No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.
Francis of AssisiFrancis of Assisi For it is in giving that we receive.
Francis of AssisiFrancis of Assisi Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
Francis of AssisiFrancis of Assisi Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Francis of AssisiFrancis of Assisi
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