Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.
Oscar Wilde in in a letter to his friend, Frances Forbes-Robertson
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Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.
quote by Francis of Assisi
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Francis and Clare
Still I wonder
what went through the thoughts
of Francis of Assisi
where he was between
his twelve disciples
as he met Clare.
There are things
incomprehensible to some
like when people choose
to life in poverty
to help others
and without a life partner
take life on bravely
and only are dedicated to God.
poem by Gert Strydom
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Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
quote by Francis of Assisi
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For it is in giving that we receive.
quote by Saint Francis of Assisi
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Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
quote by Francis of Assisi
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It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
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Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.
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Start by doing what's necessary then do what's possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
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Witness at all times. If necessary, use words.
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Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
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Wishing A Happy Married Life To Sourav and Ranjana
Dear Ranjana and Sourav, I wish you two to be the world's best married couple
With your marriage having a success that is simply unimaginable.
Wish you a sweet married life that will never turn sour
And will only blossom like a colorful and scented flower.
(I wrote this poem to wish my dear friend Sourav on the occassion of his marriage to Ranjana in August 2006)
Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
quote by Francis of Assisi
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It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
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One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights.
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Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
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Preach the gospel at all times -- If necessary, use words.
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If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not obey it yet he shall not be dismissed.
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While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
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Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
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Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith.
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