All those men and women … who in their body serve the world through the desires of the flesh, the concerns of the world and the cares of this life: They are held captive by the devil, whose children they are, and whose works they do.


Earlier Exhortation to the Brothers and Sisters of Penance, Francis of Assisi: Early Documents, Volume 1, p. 43.

Francis of Assisi Quotes

All those men and women … who in their body serve the world through the desires of the flesh, the concerns of the world and the cares of this life: ...

All those men and women … who in their body serve the world through the desires of the flesh, the concerns of the world and the cares of this life: ...

All those men and women … who in their body serve the world through the desires of the flesh, the concerns of the world and the cares of this life: ...

All those men and women … who in their body serve the world through the desires of the flesh, the concerns of the world and the cares of this life: ...