Francis Of Assisi

Francis Of Assisi

Franciscan friar who embraced radical poverty and compassion.

A wealthy merchant's son who dramatically renounced material comfort to embrace radical spiritual poverty and compassion. His profound love for nature, commitment to serving the marginalized, and creation of a new monastic order transformed Christian spirituality, emphasizing a direct, intimate connection with the divine through simplicity and unconditional love. Francis reimagined spiritual practice as a holistic experience of compassion, seeing the sacred in every living creature and challenging the hierarchical, often materialistic approach of the medieval Catholic Church.

Francis Of Assisi Quotes about Divine

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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. 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.
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  • 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.
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  • For One in such a lofty position to stoop so low is a marvel that is staggering. What sublime humility and humble sublimeness, that the Lord of the Universe, the Divine Son of God, should stoop as to hide Himself under the appearance of bread for our salvation! Behold the humble way of God, my brothers. Therefore, do not hold yourselves to be anything of yourselves, so that you may be entirely acceptable to One Who gives Himself entirely to you.
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