Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and an be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is afar off as when he is by his side, and who would say nothing behind his back he might not, in love, say before his face.
Francis of AssisiNor did demons crucify Him; it is you who have crucified Him and crucify Him still, when you delight in your vices and sins.
Francis of AssisiHold back nothing of yourselves for yourselves so that He who gives Himself totally to you may receive you totally.
Francis of AssisiDear God, please reveal to us your sublime beauty, that is everywhere, everywhere, everywhere, so that we will never again feel frightened.
Francis of AssisiThe greatest security we can have in this world that we are in the grace of God, does not consist in the feelings that we have of love to Him, but rather in an irrevocable abandonment of our whole being into His hands, and in a firm resolution never to consent to any sin great or small.
Francis of Assisi