The Suffering of St. Francis
Franciscan Quotes
Doing the impossible
Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Peace
While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Your enemy
No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourself.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Preaching
It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Holy Wisdom
Holy Wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickedness.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Your Holy Reward
Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these, they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Evil
All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle
- St. Francis of Assisi
Joy of God's Service
It is not fitting, when one is in God’s service, to have a gloomy face and chilling look.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Be Humble and Pure
We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble, and pure.
St. Francis of Assisi
Patients, Watchful, and Working
Be patient in trials, watchful in prayer, and never cease working.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Become Prayer
We should seek not so much to pray but to become prayer.
- St. Francis of Assisi
The World
The world is a great stage on which God displays his many wonders.
- St. Francis of Assisi