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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
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Francis of Assisi
Died: 1226
Died: October 3
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A promise is a child of the understanding and the will the understanding begets it, the will brings it forth.
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Go out and preach the gospel and if you must, use words.
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I therefore command all my Brothers, those living now and those to come in the future, to venerate the Holy Mother of God, whom we always implore to be our Protectress, to praise her at all times, in all circumstances of life, with all the means in their power and with the greatest devotion and submission.
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...In this world I cannot see the Most High Son of God with my own eyes, except for His Most Holy Body and Blood.
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