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If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man’s conscience, although he do not obey it yet he shall not be dismissed.

Francis 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 ASSISI

Compassionate Deal God Man
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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Beg Glory Myself Poor Poverty Sun
Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.
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Care Poor Poverty World
Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
FRANCIS OF ASSISI

Choice Love Myself Seek
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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Beautiful Brother Fire God Light Play Praise Strong
I am the herald of the Great King.
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Greatness Identity King
If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man’s conscience, although he do not obey it yet he shall not be dismissed.
FRANCIS OF ASSISI

Himself Man Obedience
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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Act Darkness Glory Greatness Light Mindset Prayer Will
Holy humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world.
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Humility Man Pride Religious World
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
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Forgiveness Kindness Religious
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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Beautiful God Himself Light Nature Praise
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 ASSISI

Carry Charity Deserve Generosity Lose Man Material Reward World
Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
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Death Mortal Religious Sin
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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Bright Moon Nature Praise Stars
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
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Charity Fear Ignorance Wisdom
A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
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Enough Light Power Shadow Sun

If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man’s conscience, although he do not obey it yet he shall not be dismissed.

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