Praised be You, my Lord, through Brother Fire, through whom You light the night, and he is beautiful and playful and robust and strong.
FRANCIS OF ASSISIHoly humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world.
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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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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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We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.
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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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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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Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
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Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.
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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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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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Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
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Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.
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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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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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Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
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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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