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Preach the gospel wherever you can when all else fails 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
Failing
Words
Use
Else
Preach
Fails
Wherever
Gospel
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Do all you can to preach the gospel and if necessary use words!
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Don't change the world, change worlds.
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Nor did demons crucify Him it is you who have crucified Him and crucify Him still, when you delight in your vices and sins.
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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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The brave unfortunate are our best acquaintance.
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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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I have sinned against my brother the ass.
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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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Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty.
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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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Where there is darkness, let there be light.
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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.
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Gold hath no lustre of its own. It shines by temperate use alone.
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You damned spirits! You can only do what the hand of God allows you to do.
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I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
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What you are looking for is what is looking.
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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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You should never praise anyone until you see how he turns out in the end!
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God requires that we assist the animals, when they need our help. Each being (human or creature) has the same right of protection.
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