Blessed Quote by Francis of Assisi
“The Father willed that his blessed and glorious Son, whom he gave to us and who was born for us, should through his own blood offer himself as a sacrificial victim on the altar of the cross. This was to be done not for himself through whom all things were made, but for our sins.”
![“He, too, “was made in the likeness of sinful flesh,” to condemn sin, and to cast it, as now a condemned thing, away beyond the flesh, but that He might call man forth into His own likeness, assigning him as [His own] imitator to God, and imposing on him His Father’s law, in order that he may see…” quote by The Church Fathers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/99b/the-church-fathers-1438_parenting_he-too-was-made-in-the-likeness-of-sinfu_570046.jpg)
![“The Savior… endured the agony [of Gethsemane], of inquisition, cruel beatings, and death by crucifixion on the cross at Calvary. Recently, there has been a great deal of commentary about this, none of which has made clear the singular point that no one had the power to take the Savior’s life from…” quote by M. Russell Ballard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/604/m-russell-ballard-3129_bible_the-savior-endured-the-agony-of-gethsema_934810.jpg)
