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.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIIt is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
More Francis of Assisi Quotes
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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
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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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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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Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
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Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
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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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Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
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Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
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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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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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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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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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Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.
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Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.
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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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