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 ASSISIIt is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
More Francis of Assisi Quotes
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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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Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
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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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It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
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It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
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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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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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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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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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While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
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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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Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.
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For it is in giving that we receive.
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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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