Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIA single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
More Francis of Assisi Quotes
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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
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If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
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Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.
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Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
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It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
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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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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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Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
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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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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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For it is in giving that we receive.
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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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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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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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