Tuesday, October 6, 2009

The Beatitudes of St. Francis

Where there is charity & wisdom,
...there is neither fear nor ignorance;

Where there is patience & humility,
...there is neither anger nor disturbance;

Where there is poverty with joy,
...there is neither greed nor avarice;

Where there is rest & meditation,
...there is neither anxiety nor restlessness;

Where there is fear of the Lord to guard an entrance,
...there the enemy cannot have a place to enter;

Where there is a heart full of mercy & discernment,
...there is neither excess nor hardness of heart.

- Admonition 27

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