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.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIGrant 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.
More Francis of Assisi Quotes
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Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
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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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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 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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I am the herald of the Great King.
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If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
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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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Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.
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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 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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Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
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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 in pardoning that we are pardoned.
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