Do all you can to preach the gospel and if necessary use words! Francis of Assisi More Quotes by Francis of Assisi More Quotes From Francis of Assisi Don't canonize me too soon. I'm perfectly capable of fathering a child. Francis of Assisi fathering capable children Make me an instrument of thy peace. Francis of Assisi instruments inspirational You should never praise anyone until you see how he turns out in the end! Francis of Assisi saint ends praise Be praised, My Lord, through Sister Water; she is very useful, and humble, and precious, and pure. Francis of Assisi humble rain rivers 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! Francis of Assisi blessed giving heaven A man has only so much knowledge as he puts to work. Francis of Assisi men knowledge Preach always. Use words if necessary. Francis of Assisi saint ifs use We should all realize that no matter where or how a man dies, if he is in the state of mortal sin and does not repent, when he could have done so and did not, the Devil tears his soul from his body with such anguish and distress that only a person who has experienced it can appreciate it. Francis of Assisi appreciate soul men Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Francis of Assisi ignorance fear love And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Francis of Assisi born dying death 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. Francis of Assisi servant-of-god sadness brother The Lord called me by the way of simplicity and humility, and this way He hath shown me in truth for me and those who will believe and imitate me. And therefore I would that ye name not to me any rule, neither of St. Augustine, nor St. Benedict, nor of Bernard, nor any way or form of living, but that which was mercifully shown and given me by the Lord. Francis of Assisi humility life believe And just as He appeared before the holy Apostles in true flesh, so now He has us see Him in the Sacred Bread. Looking at Him with the eyes of their flesh, they saw only His Flesh, but regarding Him with the eyes of the spirit, they believed that He was God. In like manner, as we see bread and wine with our bodily eyes, let us see and believe firmly that it is His Most Holy Body and Blood, True and Living.For in this way our Lord is ever present among those who believe in him, according to what He said: "Behold, I am with you all days even to the consummation of the world." Francis of Assisi wine eye believe Don't change the world, change worlds. Francis of Assisi dont-change changing-the-world world 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. Francis of Assisi light love-is jesus Pleased be you, my Lord, with all your creatures, especially Sir Brother Sun, who is the day and through whom you give us light. And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendours and bears likeness of you, Most High One. Francis of Assisi light brother beautiful What does the poor man do at the rich man's door, the sick man in the presence of his physician, the thirsty man at a limpid stream? What they do, I do before the Eucharistic God. I pray. I adore. I love. Francis of Assisi sick doors men I have sinned against my brother the ass. Francis of Assisi ass my-brother brother Be Thou praised, my Lord, of our Sister Mother Earth, which sustains and hath us in rule, and produces divers fruits with coloured flowers and herbs. Francis of Assisi environmental flower mother Blessed is the servant who esteems himself no more highly when he is praised and exalted by people than when he is considered worthless, foolish, and to be despised; since what a man is before God, that he is and nothing more. Francis of Assisi blessed men people
