"Preach the gospel always and if necessary, use words."

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“We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh, but, instead, we must be simple, humble and pure.”

“...love one another, as the Lord says: "This is My commandment, that you love one another, as I have loved you." And let them show their love by the works they do for each other, according as the Apostle says: "let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.”

“St. Francis of Assisium, Confessor," Butler's Lives of the Saints”

“Speak the Gospel, use deeds when necessary Mark Galli, Christianity Today, May 21, 2009. He is the author of "Francis of Assisi and His World”

“St. Francis reportedly said, "Preach Jesus, and if necessary use words.”

“Such was the will of the Father that his Son, blessed and glorious, whom he gave to us, and who was born for us, should by his own blood, sacrifice, and oblation, offer himself on the altar of the cross, not for himself, by whom "all things were made," but for our sins, leaving us an example that we should follow his steps.”

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