#st francis of assisi

[julesofnature]

"Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing that you have received...but only what you have given; a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice, and courage.” ~ Francis of Assisi 

[inspiredbyjesuslove]

[the-mercy-workers]

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.

St. Francis of Assisi

[ranminfan]

What to do when a wolf has been terrorizing a town you're visiting? Befriend it. 😇 🐺

St. Francis and the Wolf of Gubbio, where Francis tamed the creature to stop disrupting the villagers, in exchange to be provided with food.

Another story how this man is the patron saint of animals

[all-yourn]

[lalarose216]

MY FELLOW FANSIES LISTEN UP.

Today is the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi.

I learned today he’s the patron saint of Santa Fe AND IT’S EVEN NAMED AFTER HIM LOOK.

AND IN 92SIES DO YOU REMEMBER JACK KELLY’S REAL NAME WAS FRANCIS?!?!!?

HE’S LITERALLY NAMED AFTER HIS DREAM CITY!!!!!!

[godhound]

wait is st. francis of assisi also the saint of furries and therians....

[ohholydyke]

I just learned via a devotional given out by my parish that St Francis sometimes referred to his body as “Brother Ass” because he saw his body as a gift and essentially good but he also knew it was stubborn as a mule and refused to cooperate with him and I need everyone to know this immediately

[anastpaul]

(via Saint of the Day – 17 September – The Feast of The Stigmata of St Francis of Assisi – AnaStpaul)

[odlnus]

St. Francis of Assisi

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[andallshallbewell]

[julesofnature]

"Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing that you have received...but only what you have given; a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice, and courage.” ~ Francis of Assisi 

St. Francis is known for his ministry to the poor and underprivileged, his care for nature and animals, and founding the Franciscan order. Through the lessons that can be extracted from his life, St. Francis challenges each of us to be present: to be present to ourselves, to one another, and to all of creation.

[thurifer-at-heart]

A Prayer attributed to St. Francis.

Lord, make us instruments of your peace. Where there is hatred, let us sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. Grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.

—The Book of Common Prayer (1979), p. 833

[the-mercy-workers]

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved, as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive, It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

St. Francis of Assisi

[inspiredbyjesuslove]

[rabbitprayer]