Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIAbove all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
More Francis of Assisi Quotes
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Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
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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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For it is in giving that we receive.
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Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.
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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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Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
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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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While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
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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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If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
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Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
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Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
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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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