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Preach the Gospels everyday & only if you have to...use words.

I am the herald of the Great King.

Be patient in trials, watchful in prayer, and never cease working.

We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.

Nor did demons crucify Him; it is you who have crucified Him and crucify Him still, when you delight in your vices and sins.

Gold hath no lustre of its own.
It shines by temperate use alone.

Preach the gospel wherever you can; when all else fails use words.

First do the necessary, then do the feasible, then you will be able to achieve the impossible.

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.

The journey is essential to the dream.

Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.

Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that have received
only what you have given.

Water is the mirror of nature.

Hold back nothing of yourselves for yourselves so that He who gives Himself totally to you may receive you totally.

Make me an instrument of thy peace.

Do few things but do them well, simple joys are holy.

You can show your love to others by not wishing that they should be better Christians.

What is it that stands higher than words? Action. What is it that stands higher than action? Silence.

Be praised, my Lord, through those who forgive for love of you; through those who endure sickness and trial.

The world is a great stage on which God displays his many wonders.

The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today

A man sins who wishes to receive more from his neighbor than he is himself willing to give to the Lord God.

Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.

Where there is darkness, let there be light.

No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.

Preach the Gospel, if necessary use words

Dear God, please reveal to us your sublime beauty, that is everywhere, everywhere, everywhere, so that we will never again feel frightened.

Be praised, O my Lord by Brother Wind, By air and cloud and every clime To whom Thou givest sustenance unto their kind.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

Our actions are our own; their consequences belong to Heaven.

Everything in man should halt in awe ... Let all the world quake and let Heaven exult when Christ the Son of the living God is there on the altar.

Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society.

Ask the beasts and they will teach you the beauty of this earth.

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.

Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.

Praised be my Lord, for our sister water.
St. Francis of Assisi,
Canticle of the Sun

I have sinned against my brother the ass.

A promise is a child of the understanding and the will; the understanding begets it, the will brings it forth.

What each man is in Your eyes, thus he is, and no more.

Woe to those who die in mortal sin!

You should never praise anyone until you see how he turns out in the end!

God requires that we assist the animals, when they need our help. Each being (human or creature) has the same right of protection.

I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, He can work through anyone.

Study always to have Joy, for it befits not the servant of God to show before his brother or another sadness or a troubled face.

There is absolutely no man in the whole world who can possess one among you unless he first die.

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.

Preach always. If necessary, use words.

We should seek not so much to pray but to become prayer.

What you are looking for is what is looking.

Here is one of the best means to acquire humility; fix well in mind this maxim: One is as much as he is in the sight of God, and no more.

There is no use in walking anywhere to preach if your walking isn't your preaching.

A man has only so much knowledge as he puts to work.

For it is in giving that we receive.

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.

Where there is injury let me sow pardon.

Spread the Gospel. If necessary, use words.

Praised be You, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, producing varied fruits with coloured flowers and herbs.

Don't canonize me too soon. I'm perfectly capable of fathering a child.

Holy humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world.

We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God's sake.

Spiritual joy arises from purity of the heart and perseverance in prayer.

True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.

Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.

It would be considered a theft on our part if we didn't give to someone in greater need than we are.

All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.

The one you are looking for is the one who is looking.

The only thing ever achieved in life without effort is failure.

When I think of the happiness that is in store for me, every sorrow, every pain becomes dear to me.

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

Who we are looking for is who is looking.

Preach the Gospel at all times. When necessary, use words.

Praised be You, my Lord, through Brother Fire, through whom You light the night, and he is beautiful and playful and robust and strong.

Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.

It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.

Preach the Gospels everyday & only if you have to ... use words.

Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.

The brave unfortunate are our best acquaintance.

Alms are an inheritance and a justice which is due to the poor and which Jesus has levied upon us.

Be praised, My Lord, through Sister Water; she is very useful, and humble, and precious, and pure.

Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars; in the heavens, you have made them bright, precious and fair.

Go out and preach the gospel and if you must, use words.

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.

By the anxieties and worries of this life Satan tries to dull man's heart and make a dwelling for himself there.

Don't change the world, change worlds.

What we are looking for is what is looking.

You damned spirits! You can only do what the hand of God allows you to do.

Man should tremble, the world should vibrate, all heaven should be deeply moved when the Son of God appears on the altar in the hands of the priest.

It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.