Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.
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Once while St. Francis of Assisi was hoeing his garden, he was asked, What would you do it you were suddenly to learn that you were to die at sunset today? He replied, I would finish hoeing my garden.
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Preach the Gospel at all times, and if necessary, use words.
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Preach the Gospel at all times ... if necessary, use words.
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It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
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One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights.
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O Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace! Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is discord, harmony. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light. Where there is sorrow, joy. Oh 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.
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Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace!
Where there is hatred let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.
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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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If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
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Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace Where there is hatred let me sow love Where there is injury, pardon Where there is doubt, faith Where there is despair, hope Where there is darkness, light Where there is sadness, joy.
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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.
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It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
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Not to hurt our humble brethren (the animals) is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission--to be of service to them whenever they require it.
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Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith.
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Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
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Preach the gospel at all times -- If necessary, use words.
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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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If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not obey it yet he shall not be dismissed.
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For it is in giving that we receive.
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It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
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Start by doing what's necessary then do what's possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
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