Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
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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Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.
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For it is in giving that we receive.
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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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We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.
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Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
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No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.
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Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
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Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.
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A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
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Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
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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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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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While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
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Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
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Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
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