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Go out and preach the gospel and if you must, use words.

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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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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You should never praise anyone until you see how he turns out in the end!
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Don't change the world, change worlds.
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I believe that You, O Jesus, are in the most holy Sacrament. I love You and desire You. Come into my heart. I embrace You. Oh, never leave me. May the burning and most sweet power of Your love, O Lord Jesus Christ, I beseech You, absorb my mind that I may die through love of Your love, Who were graciously pleased to die through love of my love.
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