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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.

Francis of Assisi

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
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Enough Light Power Shadow Sun
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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Blessing Born Father Glory Ourselves Sacrifice Sin Son Victim Willing
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
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Forgiveness Kindness Religious
Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
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Death Mortal Religious Sin
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
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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Desire God Human Servant
Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.
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Care Poor Poverty World
If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
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God Himself Power Work
Praised be You, my Lord, with all Your creatures, especially Sir Brother Sun, Who is the day through whom You give us light. And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendour; of You, Most High, he bears the likeness.
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Beautiful God Himself Light Nature Praise
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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Bright Moon Nature Praise Stars
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
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
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God Hate Love Myself Peace
Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
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Gift Grace Power
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
It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
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Ourselves Religious Talk Walk
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

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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