![]() ![]() Do not provoke others to anger or give scandal. The peace which you proclaim with words must dwell even more abundantly in your hearts. Letter to the Whole Orderīlessed are you, servant of God, if you do not consider yourself any better when you are honoured and extolled by others than when you are considered low and simple and despised for what you are before God, that is what you are, and no more. Kissing your feet and with all the love I am capable of, I beg you to render, as far as you can, all reverence and total adoration to the Most Holy Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom all things in heaven and on earth are made peaceful and are reconciled to God the Almighty. Let us begin again for up to now we have done nothing. ![]() Start by doing what’s necessary then do what’s possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible. St Francis’ Prayer Before the CrucifixĪll-highest, Glorious God, Cast your light into the Darkness of my Heart, Give me Right Faith, Firm Hope, Perfect Charity and Profound Humility with Wisdom and Perception, O Lord, so that I may do what is truly your Holy W ill. ![]() Franciscans especially revere this cross as a sign of their mission from God. The cross now hangs in the Basilica of Saint Clare in Assisi. Francis of Assisi was praying before when he received his mission from the Lord to “Rebuild my Church”. The San Damiano Cross is the cross that St. ![]()
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