Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIHoly humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world.
More Francis of Assisi Quotes
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If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
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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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For it is in giving that we receive.
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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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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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Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
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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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Holy humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world.
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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
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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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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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Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
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It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
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Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
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Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
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