The 74 best phrases of San Francisco de Asís
San Francisco de Asis (officially and in Italian, Francesco d'Assisi, born Giovanni di Pietro Bernardone) was a saint of Italian origin, deacon, and founder of the Franciscan Order.
Born in 1181, he is considered one of the essential figures in the Christian spirituality of the Middle Ages.
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Great phrases and thoughts of San Francisco de Asís
In today's article Let's get into the philosophy of this Christian icon through the best phrases of San Francisco de Asis .
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1. It is dying as it is resurrected to eternal life.
Phrase that summarizes his vision about the beyond.
2. We have nothing else to do but be solicitous in following the will of God and in pleasing Him in all things.
According to St. Francis of Assisi, humans must hear and reproduce the divine commands.
3. When spiritual joy fills hearts, the serpent spills its deadly poison in vain.
Nothing better to relieve hatred than a dose of happiness and companionship.
4. All the good that we do, we must do it for love of God, and the evil that we avoid must be avoided for the love of God.
A philosophy based on approaching goodness.
5. What you do may be the only sermon that some people hear today.
Acts are worth more than words, according to this phrase of Saint Francis of Assisi.
6. While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it more fully in your heart.
On the need to avoid hypocrisy.
7. Without prayer no one can progress in divine service.
A ritual that marks the difference between believers and practicing believers.
8. I need few things and the few that I need, I need little.
An austere vision that was one of the ethical bases of the Franciscan Order.
9. Blessed is he who has no more joy and joy than the words and deeds of the Lord.
Sentence that summarizes your love and devotion for God.
10. Jesus Christ called the one who gave him a friend and spontaneously offered himself to those who crucified him.
On the infinite goodness of the one sent by God.
11. Animals are my friends and I do not eat my friends.
A vegan phrase that clashes with the medieval context.
12. Man should tremble, the world should vibrate, the whole heaven should be deeply moved when the child of God appears on the altar in the hands of the priest.
A few words of thanks to the envoy of God.
13. It is forgiving that we are forgiven.
Only when we are able to be humble do others forgive us for our failures.
14. God created all creatures with love and kindness, large, small, with human or animal form all are children of the Father and was so perfect. It is useless to walk anywhere to evangelize unless our way is our gospel.
A reflection of St. Francis of Assisi on the gospel.
15. Preach the gospel at all times and when necessary use words.
A maximum to apply to your day to day.
16. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
Omnipresent and omnipotent.
17. Love your enemies and do good to those who hate you.
Phrase of Christian spirit in which the good must prevail over the adverse circumstances.
18. With how much more love can one of us love and nurture his brother in the spirit.
Reflection about sharing love
19. The true teaching that we transmit is what we live; and we are good preachers when we put into practice what we say.
The practice and experience of each one are basic to be a moral example.
20. Where quietness and meditation reign, there is no place for worry or dissipation.
On the calm and its psychological benefits.
21. It is giving as you receive, is forgetting yourself as one is.
Self-realization is a process that can last for years.
22. He who works with his hands is a worker.
Worker by antonomasia.
23. He who works with his hands and his head is an artisan.
Creativity at the service of society.
24. He who works with his hands, his head and his heart is an artist.
The culminating point of cultural production: art.
25. The vanquished temptation is, in a certain way, the ring with which the Lord preaches.
A sentence to make us reflect.
26. Sanctify yourself and sanctify society.
Spiritual redemption must begin with oneself.
27. May the peace they proclaim with their words be first in their hearts.
Another one of those phrases of San Francisco de Asís that emphasizes the importance of the word.
28We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart and to take home those who have lost their way.
The Italian saint, on the mission of the Christian people.
29. To entertain oneself in looking for defects in one's neighbor is sufficient proof of not dealing scarcely with one's own.
It is better to focus attention on what we can improve ourselves.
30. If there are men who exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and mercy, there will be men who will treat their brothers in the same way.
Goodness must be preached generously and constantly.
31. Praying daily makes us kind.
Another phrase about perseverance in Christian devotion.
32. Prayer is a true rest.
Only in this ritual, according to Saint Francis of Assisi, does our soul rest.
33. The devil rejoices, above all, when he manages to snatch the joy from the heart of the servant of God.
Sadness and anger are incompatible with Christian devotion.
34. It is happy that nothing holds for itself.
Austerity is the best guide to happiness.
35. Remember that when you leave this world, you can not take anything you have received; only what you have given.
Beautiful phrase of San Francisco de Asís.
36. May the peace they proclaim with their words be first in their hearts.
Never say something that you do not feel.
37. For a small reward you lose something that is priceless and easily provokes the giver to give no more.
Timely reflection from which to think about the damages of selfishness.
38. Prayer makes us close to God, although He is always close to us.
A great phrase to understand the omnipotence of the superior being.
39. Let's start serving, let's do our best. What we have done so far is little and nothing.
You can always do more and better.
40. Let us love God and adore Him with a simple heart.
Without great fuss, loving God has a simple path.
41. Evil and false spirits, do everything you want in me. I know that you can not do more than the hand of the Lord allows. For my part, I am willing to suffer with pleasure everything that he leaves.
A phrase directed to evil, in a challenging tone.
42. Every creature in disgrace has the same right to be protected.
Goodness should not be private to anyone.
43. God created all creatures with love and kindness, large, small, with human or animal form all are children of the Father and was so perfect in his creation that he gave each one his own environment and his animals a home full of streams , beautiful trees and meadows like paradise itself.
On the incredible logic of nature.
44. Man, having nothing of his own, belongs to God.
A curious conception of human property.
45. All the brothers must preach through their works.
Actions speak for us in a clear and transparent way.
46. Just as some animals feed on others to subsist, God told the man that he could take the animals he needed only to find a better solution, not for capricious dresses or make them his slaves or entertainment.
Eat animals only if there is no more reasonable option.
47. Terrible is death! But how tempting is also the life of the other world, to which God calls us!
Ambivalent vision about death.
48. Where there is charity and wisdom, there is no fear or ignorance.
The "magic" potion against misfortune.
49. All the darkness in the world can not extinguish the light of a single candle.
Metaphor that we can apply to different contexts.
50. Start by doing what is necessary; then do your best and suddenly you will be doing the impossible.
Great philosophy to develop projects of all kinds.
51. Wisdom is achieved based on experience and lessons learned.
There is no other way to develop.
52. It is in the giving that we receive.
Phrase on the importance of sharing.
53. He is a faithful and prudent servant who for every fault he commits hastens to spy on them: inwardly, through contrition and outwardly through confession and the satisfaction of work.
On the virtues of a faithful believer.
54. If you, a servant of God, are worried, you should immediately turn to prayer and prostrate yourself before the Lord until he gives you back his joy.
According to St. Francis of Assisi, worries are resolved by returning to prayer.
55. Nothing else we have to do but be solicitous in following the will of God and in pleasing Him in all things.
Thanksgiving to God is a way to be humble and kind.
56. Oh Lord, may I not seek so much to be consoled, how to comfort, to be understood, how much to understand, to be loved, how much to love.
Another phrase about the importance of offering without expecting anything in return.
57. Above the grace and gifts that Christ gives his beloved, is surpassing oneself.
Absolute veneration to Jesus Christ.
58. Let us strive to achieve the serenity of accepting the inevitable things, the courage to change the things we can and the wisdom to be able to distinguish one from the other.
A maxim to apply to our daily life.
59The one who obeys must not look at his superior but at the man for whose love he has given himself to obedience.
A show of respect and veneration.
60. Do not canonize me too soon. I am perfectly capable of producing a child.
An ironic phrase about the canonization in life.
61. Lord, to me, sinner and unworthy, you have sent me from heaven this consolation and sweetness; I give them back to you so that you may keep them for me, for I am a thief of your treasure.
An ode to the goodness of God.
62. He seeks above all; and let us always make in them a room and dwelling for him who is the Lord God omnipotent, Father, and Son, and Holy Spirit.
Another maxim addressed to God's attention.
63. The devil rejoices, above all, when he manages to snatch the joy from the heart of the servant of God. Fill the smallest slits of consciousness with dust that can soil the candor of the spirit and the purity of life. But when spiritual joy fills hearts, the serpent spills its deadly poison in vain.
About the devil and his vices.
64. Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred I sow love; where there is offense, sorry; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.
Eliminate the negative to restore the positive.
65. The servant of God must shine for his life and holiness.
The example is the best virtue of a devotee.
66. When you fill your mouth proclaiming peace, try to have even more heart.
Another one of those phrases of Francisco de Asís that reinforces the honesty of the heart.
67. Courtesy is the sister of charity, which quenches hatred and fosters love.
Cordiality, generosity and good manners always add up.
68. It is no use walking everywhere preaching, unless our walk is our preaching.
With the example, we mark the path of others.
69. Preach the gospel at all times, and when necessary, use the words.
A way to communicate religiously.
70. Do not fight with each other and with others, but try to respond humbly by saying, "I am a worthless servant."
From humility we can solve all conflicts.
71. A ray of sunlight is enough to scare away many shadows.
A metaphor that we can apply to many contexts.
72. Be patient with all things, but above all with yourself.
A reflection that should make us value the calm and serenity before ourselves.
73. March, dear, two by two for the various parts of the earth announcing to men peace and penance.
Appeal addressed to people with a good heart.
74. Their acts may be the only sermon that some people hear today.
Another famous quote by San Francisco de Asís on the relevance of giving examples with facts.
