“And St. Francis said: 'My dear son, 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.”
“And St. Francis said: 'My dear son, 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.”
Francis of Assisi
“Praised be my Lord, for our sister water.St. Francis of Assisi,Canticle of the Sun”
Francis of Assisi“The rich fop Francis of Assisi was bored all his life―until he fell in love with Christ and gave all his stuff away and became the troubadour of Lady Poverty.”
Peter Kreeft, Jesus-Shock“And St. Francis added: "My dear and beloved Brother, the treasure of blessed poverty is so very precious and divine that we are not worthy to possess it in our vile bodies. For poverty is that heavenly virtue by which all earthy and transitory things are trodden under foot, and by which every obstacle is removed from the soul so that it may freely enter into union with the eternal Lord God. It is also the virtue which makes the soul, while still here on earth, converse with the angels in Heaven. It is she who accompanied Christ on the Cross, was buried with Christ in the Tomb, and with Christ was raised and ascended into Heaven, for even in this life she gives to souls who love her the ability to fly to Heaven, and she alone guards the armor of true humility and charity.”
Francis of Assisi, The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi“And St. Francis said: 'My dear son, 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.”
Francis of Assisi, The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.”
Francis of Assisi, The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi“Holy humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world.”
Francis of Assisi“Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these, they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve.”
Francis of Assisi“Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.”
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