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Of asking for Alms - cover

Of asking for Alms

Saint Francis of Assisi

Publisher: Cervantes Digital

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Summary

Let all the brothers strive to follow the humility and poverty of our Lord Jesus Christ, and let them remember that we ought to have nothing else in the whole world, except as the Apostle says: “Having food and wherewith to be covered, with these we are content.
Available since: 09/22/2023.

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