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.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIIf 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.
More Francis of Assisi Quotes
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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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Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
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Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
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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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We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.
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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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Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
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Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.
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It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
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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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Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
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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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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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