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 ASSISIIf 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.
More Francis of Assisi Quotes
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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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Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
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Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
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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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Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.
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Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.
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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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Holy humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world.
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For it is in giving that we receive.
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Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
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Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
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While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
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If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
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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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