Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
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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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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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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Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
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Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
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While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
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Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.
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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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I am the herald of the Great King.
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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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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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Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.
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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
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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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We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.
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