Be patient in tribulation, watchful in prayer, strenuous in labors, modest in speech, grave in manners, and grateful for benefits, because for all these things God has prepared for you an eternal kingdom.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181 – 1226)
We should have no more use or regard for money in any of its forms than we have for dust. Those who think it is worth more, or who are greedy for it, expose themselves to the danger of being deceived by the Devil.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
Whoever comes to you, friend or foe, thief or robber, let them be received with kindness.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
I therefore command all my Brothers, those living now and those to come in the future, to venerate the Holy Mother of God, whom we always implore to be our Protectress, to praise her at all times, in all circumstances of life, with all the means in their power and with the greatest devotion and submission.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181 – 1226)
Show all possible reverence and honor to the most holy Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in Whom that which is in the heavens and on the earth is brought to peace and is reconciled to the all-powerful God. (cf. Col 1:20)
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
