Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world. — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears. — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh. — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
We adore Thee most holy Lord Jesus Christ, here in all Thy Churches, which are in the whole world, because by Thy… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
...In this world I cannot see the Most High Son of God with my own eyes, except for His Most Holy Body… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
What wonderful majesty! What stupendous condescension! O sublime humility! That the Lord of the whole universe, God and the Son of God,… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
And in any preaching you do, admonish the people concerning repentance, and that nobody can be saved except he who receives the… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
I therefore command all my Brothers, those living now and those to come in the future, to venerate the Holy Mother of… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
As for certain lesser faults, we must believe that, before the Final Judgment, there is a purifying fire. He who is truth… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
Holy obedience confounds all bodily and fleshly desires and keeps the body mortified to the obedience of the spirit and to the… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
I beg you to show the greatest possible reverence and honor for the most holy Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
I believe that You, O Jesus, are in the most holy Sacrament. I love You and desire You. Come into my heart.… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
And just as He appeared before the holy Apostles in true flesh, so now He has us see Him in the Sacred… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
Be Thou praised, my Lord, of our Sister Mother Earth, which sustains and hath us in rule, and produces divers fruits with coloured flowers… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share
And in any preaching you do, admonish the people concerning repentance, and that nobody can be saved except he who receives the most holy… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share
...In this world I cannot see the Most High Son of God with my own eyes, except for His Most Holy Body and Blood. — Francis of Assisi Copy Share
God could not have chosen anyone less qualified, or more of a sinner, than myself. And so, for this wonderful work He intends to… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share
“Keep a clear eye toward life's end. Do not forget your purpose and destiny as God's creature. What you are in his sight is… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share
I believe that You, O Jesus, are in the most holy Sacrament. I love You and desire You. Come into my heart. I embrace… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share
It was easy to love God in all that was beautiful. The lessons of deeper knowledge, though, instructed me to embrace God in all… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share
There is absolutely no man in the whole world who can possess one among you unless he first die. — Francis of Assisi Copy Share
If we endure all things patiently and with gladness, thinking on the sufferings of our Blessed Lord, and bearing all for the love of… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share
A promise is a child of the understanding and the will; the understanding begets it, the will brings it forth. — Francis of Assisi Copy Share
