Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIThe 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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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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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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Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
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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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We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.
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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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A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
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For it is in giving that we receive.
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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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If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
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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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It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
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It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
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