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 Light

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  • Our hands imbibe like roots, so I place them on what is beautiful in this world. And I fold them in prayer, and they draw from the heavens light
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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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  • Jesus is happy to come with us, as truth is happy to be spoken, as life to be lived, as light to be lit, as love is to be loved, as joy to be given, as peace to be spread.
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  • Pleased be you, my Lord, with all your creatures, especially Sir Brother Sun, who is the day and through whom you give us light. And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendours and bears likeness of you, Most High One.
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  • Where there is darkness, let there be light.
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  • All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.
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