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 sweet heart
May the power of your love, Lord Christ, fiery and sweet as honey, so absorb our hearts as to withdraw them from all that is under heaven. Grant that we may be ready to die for love of your love, as you died for love of our love.
beautiful lessons god-love
It was easy to love God in all that was beautiful. The lessons of deeper knowledge, though, instructed me to embrace God in all things.
love fear ignorance
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
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.
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....
love christian being-alone
Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
spiritual perseverance prayer
Spiritual joy arises from purity of the heart and perseverance in prayer.
happiness summer shadow
A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
hope errors doubt
Where there is discord may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. Where there is despair, may we bring hope.
thinking dust should-have
We should have no more use or regard for money in any of its forms than we have for dust. Those who think it is worth more, or who are greedy for it, expose themselves to the danger of being deceived by the Devil.
children home devil
We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen away, and to bring home those who have lost their way. Many who seem to us to be children of the Devil will still become Christ's disciples.
effort
The only thing ever achieved in life without effort is failure.
self giving catholic
Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
use ifs
Go out and preach the gospel and if you must, use words.