On the day when the gift of St Francis' life is remembered by the Church, I thought I would take a break from our ongoing post themes and offer a few quotes from this man of simple, yet profound holiness and faith.
"All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle."
"Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words."
"It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching."
"Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
"Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love,
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.
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."
"The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today."
"A real friend is someone who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
"He who works with his hands is a laborer.
He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman.
He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist."
"Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there is poverty and joy, there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt."
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