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What is it that stands higher than words? Action. What is it that stands higher than action? Silence.
Francis of Assisi
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Francis of Assisi
Died: 1226
Died: October 3
Catholic Deacon
Friar Franciscan
Poet
Saint
Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone
St. Francis of Assisi
Saint Francis of Assisi
San Francisco de Asís
San Francesco d'Assisi
Francesco di Pietro di Bernardone
von Assisi
Saint Franz
von Assisi
Saint Franziskus
San Francisco de Asis
Saint Francis
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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.
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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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Go out and preach the gospel and if you must, use words.
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Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
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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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Do not put off any longer confessing all your sins, for death will soon come. Give and it will be given you forgive and you will be forgiven. . . Blessed are they who die repentant, for they shall go to the Kingdom of Heaven!
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I beg you to show the greatest possible reverence and honor for the most holy Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom all things, whether on earth or in heaven, have been brought to peace and reconciled with Almighty God
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Be praised, O my Lord by Brother Wind, By air and cloud and every clime To whom Thou givest sustenance unto their kind.
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The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.
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Preach the gospel wherever you can when all else fails use words.
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Do all you can to preach the gospel and if necessary use words!
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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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Lord, help me to live this day, quietly, easily. To lean upon Thy great strength, trustfully, restfully. To wait for the unfolding of Thy will, patiently, serenely. To meet others, peacefully, joyously. To face tomorrow, confidently, courageously.
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You damned spirits! You can only do what the hand of God allows you to do.
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