Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars; in the heavens, you have made them bright, precious and fair.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIPraised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars; in the heavens, you have made them bright, precious and fair.
More Francis of Assisi Quotes
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Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
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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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For it is in giving that we receive.
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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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Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.
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Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.
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Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
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A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
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I am the herald of the Great King.
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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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We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.
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It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
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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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Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
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It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
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