Augustine Thompson > Quotes

“The locus of Francis’s “mysticism,” his belief that he could have direct contact with God, was in the Mass, not in nature or even in service to the poor.”
― Augustine Thompson, Francis of Assisi: A New Biography

“Almighty, eternal, just, and merciful God, give us miserable ones the grace to do for you alone what we know you want us to do and always to desire what pleases you. Inwardly cleansed, interiorly enlightened, and inflamed by the Holy Spirit, may we be able to follow in the footprints of your Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and, by your grace alone, may we make our way to you, O Most High, who lives and reigns in perfect Trinity and simple unity, and is glorified as God Almighty, forever and ever. Amen.”
― Augustine Thompson, Francis of Assisi: A New Biography