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Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.

Francis of Assisi

Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.
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Care Poor Poverty World
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
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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Color Flower Government Nature Praise
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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Beautiful God Himself Light Nature Praise
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
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
I am the herald of the Great King.
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Greatness Identity King
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
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Forgiveness Kindness Religious
Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
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Death Mortal Religious Sin
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
Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.
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Evil Wicked Wisdom
For it is in giving that we receive.
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Generosity Kindness
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

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