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It is not fitting, when one is in God’s service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.

Francis of Assisi

Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.
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Care Poor Poverty World
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
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 in pardoning that we are pardoned.
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Forgiveness Kindness Religious
Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
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Forgiveness Injury Kindness
For it is in giving that we receive.
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Generosity Kindness
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
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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Carry Charity Deserve Generosity Lose Man Material Reward World
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
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
It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
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Ourselves Religious Talk Walk
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
If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
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God Himself Power Work
Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
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Impossible Inspirational Motivational Necessary Possible Start Success Yourself
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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Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
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Purity Simplicity Wisdom World

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