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Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.

Francis of Assisi

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
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Enough Light Power Shadow Sun
It is not fitting, when one is in God’s service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
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Appearance Face God Service
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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Compassionate Deal God Man
Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.
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Care Poor Poverty World
We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.
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Human Humble Purity Simplicity Wisdom
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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Enemy Harm Yourself
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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Color Flower Government Nature Praise
Holy humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world.
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Humility Man Pride Religious World
Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
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Death Mortal Religious Sin
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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Beg Glory Myself Poor Poverty Sun
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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Himself Man Obedience
For it is in giving that we receive.
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Generosity Kindness
Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
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Impossible Inspirational Motivational Necessary Possible Start Success Yourself
If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
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God Himself Power Work
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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Beautiful Brother Fire God Light Play Praise Strong
Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.
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Charity Fear Temptation

Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.

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