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 ASSISIIt is not fitting, when one is in God’s service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
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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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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I am the herald of the Great King.
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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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Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
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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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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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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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Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.
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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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It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
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It is not fitting, when one is in God’s service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
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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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Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
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Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
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