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
prayer trials patient
Be patient in trials, watchful in prayer, and never cease working.
simple joy simplicity
Do few things but do them well, simple joys are holy.
blessed giving heaven
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!
christian wish should
You can show your love to others by not wishing that they should be better Christians.
brother humble humility
For One in such a lofty position to stoop so low is a marvel that is staggering. What sublime humility and humble sublimeness, that the Lord of the Universe, the Divine Son of God, should stoop as to hide Himself under the appearance of bread for our salvation! Behold the humble way of God, my brothers. Therefore, do not hold yourselves to be anything of yourselves, so that you may be entirely acceptable to One Who gives Himself entirely to you.
attitude giving possession
You cannot all abandon your possessions, but at least you can change your attitude about them. All getting separates you from others; all giving unites to others.
religious peace men
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.
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Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and an be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is afar off as when he is by his side, and who would say nothing behind his back he might not, in love, say before his face.
no-regrets enemy betrayed
No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.
inspirational motivational positive
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
love fear ignorance
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
sympathy blessed thinking
If we endure all things patiently and with gladness, thinking on the sufferings of our Blessed Lord, and bearing all for the love of Him: herein is perfect joy.
compassion use failing
Preach the gospel wherever you can; when all else fails use words.
prayer praying should
We should seek not so much to pray but to become prayer.