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Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

Francis of Assisi

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 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
We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.
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Human Humble Purity Simplicity Wisdom
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
Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
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Purity Simplicity Wisdom 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
Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
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Death Mortal Religious Sin
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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Himself Man Obedience
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
A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
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Enough Light Power Shadow Sun
Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.
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Charity Fear Temptation
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
I am the herald of the Great King.
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Greatness Identity King
Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
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Choice Love Myself Seek
Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.
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Care Poor Poverty World

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