4. Lord, Make me an instrument
of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me
sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon,
Where there is discord, union,
Where there is doubt, faith,
Where there is error, truth,
Where there is despair, hope,
Where there is sadness, joy,
Where there is darkness, light.
A Prayer Attributed to St. Francis
7. "My brother, when
thou seest a poor
man, behold in him a
mirror of the
Lord, and of His poor
Mother. In the
sick, in like
manner, consider
that He bore our
sicknesses."St. Francis
8. “Oh, how I would love a poor
church, and for the poor.” Pope
9.
10. “Those who will
exclude any of God's
creatures from the
shelter of compassion
and pity will deal
likewise with their
fellow man." St. Francis
11. "Let us protect Christ in our
lives, so that we can protect
others, so that we can protect
creation!
as the Book of Genesis tells us
and as Saint Francis of Assisi
showed us In the end,
everything has been entrusted
to our protection, and all of us
are responsible for it. Be
protectors of God’s gifts!."Pope Francis
12.
13. “During the election, when the votes reached
two thirds, there was the usual applause,
because the Pope had been elected. And
Cardinal Hummes gave me a hug and a kiss, and
said: “Don’t forget the poor!” And those words
came to me: the poor, the poor. Then, right
away, thinking of the poor, I thought of Francis
of Assisi. Then I thought of all the wars, as the
votes were still being counted, till the end.
Francis is also the man of peace. That is how the
name came into my heart: Francis of Assisi. For
me, he is the man of poverty, the man of peace,
the man who loves and protects creation; these
days we do not have a very good relationship
with creation, do we? He is the man who gives
us this spirit of peace, the poor man … How I
would like a Church which is poor and for the
poor!”
Pope Francis
