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Saint Francis of Assisi

Saint Francis of Assisi (c. 1181–1226) was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher who founded the Franciscan Order. Born into a wealthy family, he renounced his possessions to live a life of poverty and service. He is known for his love of nature, animals, and simplicity, seeing all creatures as brothers and sisters. Francis received the stigmata—the wounds of Christ—making him the first recorded person to bear them. His humility, compassion, and devotion to Christ inspired many. Canonized in 1228, he remains one of the most beloved saints and is the patron saint of animals and the environment.

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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.

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.

Saint Francis of Assisi

Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to His beloved is that of overcoming self.

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.

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The world is a great stage on which God displays His many wonders.

Saint Francis of Assisi

We should seek not so much to pray but to become prayer!

It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.

Saint Francis of Assisi

Spiritual joy arises from purity of the heart and perseverance in prayer.

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.

Saint Francis of Assisi

It would be considered a theft on our part if we didn’t give to someone in greater need than we are.

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