Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
~St. Francis of Assisi
Entries tagged with “St. Francis of Assisi (about him)”.
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Tue 17 Aug 2010
Thu 8 Jul 2010
He would tell his sons that she was the way of perfection, the pledge and earnest of eternal riches. No one was so greedy of gold as he of poverty; no one more careful in guarding a treasure than he in guarding this pearl of the Gospel.
~Thomas of Celano, The Second Life of St. Francis of Assisi
Tue 29 Jun 2010
It pleases me that you should read sacred theology to the brothers so long as on account of this study they do not extinguish the spirit of holy prayer as is ordained in the Rule.
~St. Francis of Assisi, via AlmostCatholic
Fri 19 Mar 2010
While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
~St. Francis of Assisi
Sun 7 Mar 2010
No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.
~St. Francis of Assisi
Tue 2 Mar 2010
Wherever they may be, let all my brothers remember that they have given themselves and abandoned their bodies to the Lord Jesus Christ. For love of him they must make themselves vulnerable to their enemies, both visible and invisible, because the Lord says: Those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will save it in eternal life.
~St. Francis of Assisi, The Earlier Rule
Mon 1 Mar 2010
I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, He can work through anyone.
~~St. Francis of Assisi
Mon 25 Jan 2010
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.
~St. Francis of Assisi
Sun 24 Jan 2010
Preach the Gospel at all times and, when necessary, use words.
~St. Francis of Assisi
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