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Mercy and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Psalm 85:10

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Francis Empties Himself for God Alone

The man of God, the blessed Francis, had been taught not to seek his own salvation, but what he discerned would help the salvation of others. More than anything else he desired to be set free and to be with Christ. Thus his chief object of concern was to live free from all things that are in the world, so that his inner serenity would not be disturbed even for a moment by contact with any of its dust. He made himself insensible to all outside noise, gathering his external senses into his inner being and checking the impetus of his spirit, he emptied himself for God alone.

In the clefts of the rock he would build his nest and in the hollow of the wall his dwelling. With blessed devotion he visited the heavenly mansions; and, totally emptied of himself, he rested for a long time in the wounds of the Savior. That is why he often chose solitary places to focus his heart entirely on God.

(Thomas of Celano, “The Life of Saint Francis”, pp. 243-44)

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DOST thou renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all covetous desires of the same, and the sinful desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow, nor be led by them?

Answer. I renounce them all; and, by God's help, will endeavour not to follow, nor be led by them.

Minister. Dost thou believe in Jesus the Christ, the Son of the Living God?

Answer. I do.

Minister. Dost thou accept him, and desire to follow him as thy Saviour and Lord?

Answer. I do.

Minister. Dost thou believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith, as contained in the Apostles' Creed?

Answer. I do.

Minister. Wilt thou be baptized in this Faith? Answer. That is my desire. Minister. Wilt thou then obediently keep God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of thy life?

Answer. I will, by God's help.

From the liturgy for baptism in the Book of Common Prayer, 1928.

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Very rare - black orchid or Cymbidium Kiwi Midnight.

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Most loving Father, whose will it is for us to give thanks for all things, to fear nothing but the loss of you, and to cast all our care on you who care for us: Preserve us from faithless fears and worldly anxieties, that no clouds of this mortal life may hide from us the light of that love which is immortal, and which you have manifested to us in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

+Book of Common Prayer (1979), pg. 216

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The faults that we see in others are the subject of prayer rather than of criticism. We take care to cast out the beam from our own eye before offering to remove the speck from another's.

From the Principles of the Third Order Society of Saint Francis

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I bind unto myself today the strong name of the Trinity, by invocation of the same, the Three in One, and One in Three.

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Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort and restore me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ in quiet, Christ in danger, Christ in hearts of all that love me, Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.

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Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voices."

1 Samuel 15:24 (NRSV)

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“I don’t need to wear my…Franciscan robe, Catholic badge…[or]…American badge [to prove anything] because I’ve internalized what’s good about all those things. But I don’t need to overstate them…You’ll wrap your ego around some external ideology when you don’t know who you are, … ‘hidden with Christ in God.’”

Richard Rohr

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Capturing, collecting, organizing, refining - in that order.

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Thou has raised our human nature on the clouds to God's right hand:

There we sit in heavenly places, there with thee in glory stand.

Jesus reigns, adored by angels; Man with God is on the throne;

mighty Lord, in thine ascension, we by faith behold our own.

Ascension hymn by Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885)

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"In Christ..."

The Controversial Jesus - Jesus and Mammon, sermon by Jon Tyson.

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"Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood."

William Penn

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Refrain from anger, leave rage alone; Do not fret yourself; it leads only to evil.

Psalm 37:8

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Have you ever seen a bird lost in thought? More importantly, have you ever seen a bird?

Mönchsgrasmücke ♂️ (blackcap) am Max-Eyth-See, Mühlhausen.

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From all hasty utterances of impatience; from the retort of irritation and the taunt of sarcasm; from all infirmity of temper in provoking or being provoked; from love of unkind gossip, and from all idle words that may do hurt, 

Save us and help us, we humbly beseech Thee, O Lord.

From a Litany of Remembrance, commonly called The Southwell Litany