172 Quotes by Francis Of Assisi

Who we are looking for is who is looking.

...In this world I cannot see the Most High Son of God with my own eyes, except for His Most Holy Body and Blood.

Gold hath no lustre of its own. It shines by temperate use alone.

We adore Thee most holy Lord Jesus Christ, here in all Thy Churches, which are in the whole world, because by Thy holy cross, Thou hast redeemed the world

St. Francis of Assisi was hoeing his garden when someone asked what he would do if he were suddenly to learn that he would die before sunset that very day. "I would finish hoeing my garden," he replied.

Alms are an inheritance and a justice which is due to the poor and which Jesus has levied upon us.

I believe that You, O Jesus, are in the most holy Sacrament. I love You and desire You. Come into my heart. I embrace You. Oh, never leave me. May the burning and most sweet power of Your love, O Lord Jesus Christ, I beseech You, absorb my mind that I may die through love of Your love, Who were graciously pleased to die through love of my love.

Man should tremble, the world should vibrate, all heaven should be deeply moved when the Son of God appears on the altar in the hands of the priest.

Don't canonize me too soon. I'm perfectly capable of fathering a child.