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What does the poor man do at the rich man's door, the sick man in the presence of his physician, the thirsty man at a limpid stream? What they do, I do before the Eucharistic God. I pray. I adore. I love.

Francis of Assisi

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Francis of Assisi
Died: 1226
Died: October 3
Catholic Deacon
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Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone
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