Despair + Hope (St. Francis)

"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who deal likewise with their fellow men."

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"If the man be bereft (deprived), give him solace.
If he be in physical torment, give him medicine.
If he be to the desire of death, give him hope.
Reason, encouragement, and faith bring hope, therefore, use them liberally."

- St. Francis of Assisi.

• Give to the poor
• Take nothing on [your] journey
• Demand to take up the cross daily
• Live by the Gospel
 

Possessing something = the death of love.