Francis of Assisi
Francis of Assisi
Saint Francis of Assisi, born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, informally named as Francesco, was an Italian Roman Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women’s Order of Saint Clare, the Third Order of Saint Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land. Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in history...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionSaint
CountryItaly
love-you love-life giving
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life....
beautiful spiritual prayer
Our hands imbibe like roots, so i place them on what is beautiful in this world. And I fold them in prayer, and they draw from the heavens light
happiness summer shadow
A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
leadership faith spiritual
It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
vices delight sin
Nor did demons crucify Him; it is you who have crucified Him and crucify Him still, when you delight in your vices and sins.
peace heart passion
While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
heart artist hands
He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist
self giving catholic
Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
wonderful weak absurd
God could not have chosen anyone less qualified, or more of a sinner, than myself. And so, for this wonderful work He intends to perform through us, He selected me- for God always chooses the weak and the absurd, and those who count for nothing.
jesus love-is light
Jesus is happy to come with us, as truth is happy to be spoken, as life to be lived, as light to be lit, as love is to be loved, as joy to be given, as peace to be spread.
prayer praying praying-to-god
When we pray to God we must be seeking nothing - nothing.
loss pet earth
Ask the beasts and they will teach you the beauty of this earth.
silence action higher
What is it that stands higher than words? Action. What is it that stands higher than action? Silence.
love christian being-alone
Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.