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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
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Be patient in trials, watchful in prayer, and never cease working.
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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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The only thing ever achieved in life without effort is failure.
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Gold hath no lustre of its own. It shines by temperate use alone.
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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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Such was the will of the Father that his Son, blessed and glorious, whom he gave to us, and who was born for us, should by his own blood, sacrifice, and oblation, offer himself on the altar of the cross, not for himself, by whom all things were made, but for our sins, leaving us an example that we should follow his steps.
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The brave unfortunate are our best acquaintance.
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You damned spirits! You can only do what the hand of God allows you to do.
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Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
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By the anxieties and worries of this life Satan tries to dull man's heart and make a dwelling for himself there.
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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.
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A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
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Water is the mirror of nature.
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All things of creation are children of the Father and thus brothers of man. ... God wants us to help animals, if they need help. Every creature in distress has the same right to be protected.
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What is it that stands higher than words? Action. What is it that stands higher than action? Silence.
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Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society.
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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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You should never praise anyone until you see how he turns out in the end!
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The world is a great stage on which God displays his many wonders.
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