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If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.

Francis of Assisi

Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
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Purity Simplicity Wisdom World
A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
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Enough Light Power Shadow Sun
If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
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God Himself Power Work
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
Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.
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Evil Wicked Wisdom
Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
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Forgiveness Injury Kindness
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
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
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Forgiveness Kindness Religious
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
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
Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.
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Charity Fear Temptation
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
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
Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.
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Care Poor Poverty World
Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
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Death Mortal Religious Sin
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

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