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• Where there is discord may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. Where there is despair, may we bring hope.

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  Hope, Truth, Errors

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• Where there is Love and Wisdom, there is neither Fear nor Ignorance.
  Where there is Patience and Humility, there is neither Anger nor Annoyance.
  Where there is Poverty and Joy, there is neither Cupidity nor Avarice.
  Where there is Peace and Contemplation, there is neither Care nor Restlessness.
  Where there is the Fear of God to guard the dwelling, there no enemy can enter.
  Where there is Mercy and Prudence, there is neither Excess nor Harshness.

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  Ignorance, Humility, Dwelling

  Saint Francis (of Assisi) (1964). “Writings”

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• We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen away, and to bring home those who have lost their way. Many who seem to us to be children of the Devil will still become Christ's disciples.

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  Children, Home, Devil

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• Be patient in trials, watchful in prayer, and never cease working.

  Francis of Assisi

  Prayer, Trials, Patient

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• Spiritual joy arises from purity of the heart and perseverance in prayer.

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  Spiritual, Perseverance, Prayer

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  For it is in giving that we receive.

  Francis of Assisi

  Christmas, Greatness, Helping Others

  Francis of Assisi (2017). “St. Francis of Assisi's Prayers”, p.72, Paper & Ink

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• The journey is essential to the dream.

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  Dream, Journey, Essentials

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• The one you are looking for is the one who is looking.

  Francis of Assisi

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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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  Religious, Peace, Men

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• When I think of the happiness that is in store for me, every sorrow, every pain becomes dear to me.

  Francis of Assisi

  Pain, Thinking, Suffering

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• Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.

  Francis of Assisi

  Self, Giving, Catholic

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  O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

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  Love You, Love Life, Generosity

  Francis of Assisi (2017). “St. Francis of Assisi's Prayers”, p.72, Paper & Ink

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• It was easy to love God in all that was beautiful. The lessons of deeper knowledge, though, instructed me to embrace God in all things.

  Francis of Assisi

  Beautiful, Lessons, God Love

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• Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society.

  Francis of Assisi

  Saint, Catholic Saint, Sanctify

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• Dear God, please reveal to us your sublime beauty, that is everywhere, everywhere, everywhere, so that we will never again feel frightened.

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  Spiritual, Sublime, Dear God

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• Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

  Francis of Assisi

  Love, God, Christian

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• Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission - to be of service to them whenever they require it.

  Francis of Assisi

  Hurt, Humble, Animal

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• When we pray to God we must be seeking nothing - nothing.

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  Prayer, Praying, Praying To God

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• Be patient, because the weaknesses of the body are given to us in this world by God for the salvation of the soul. So they are of great merit when they are borne patiently.

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  Soul, Weakness, World

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• It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.

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  Leadership, Faith, Spiritual

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• You can show your love to others by not wishing that they should be better Christians.

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  Christian, Wish, Should

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• What could you do to a man who owns nothing? You can't starve a fasting man, you can't steal from someone who has no money, you can't ruin someone who hates prestige.

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  Hate, Men, Fasting

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• St. Francis of Assisi was hoeing his garden when someone asked what he would do if he were suddenly to learn that he would die before sunset that very day. "I would finish hoeing my garden," he replied.

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  Funny, Learning, Humor

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• It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.

  Francis of Assisi

  God, Faith, Inspiration

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• It would be considered a theft on our part if we didn't give to someone in greater need than we are.

  Francis of Assisi

  Giving, Saint, Would Be

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