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.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIWe must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.
More Francis of Assisi Quotes
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Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
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Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
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Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
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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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A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
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Praised be You, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, producing varied fruits with coloured flowers and herbs.
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If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
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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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If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man’s conscience, although he do not obey it yet he shall not be dismissed.
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Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.
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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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Holy humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world.
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I am the herald of the Great King.
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It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
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Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.
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