Reverence for Words
"I admonish you and encourage you in Christ to show all possible reverence for the written words of God wherever you may find them; and if you come upon God's words, and you see that they are not being cared for or are piled up sloppily or are scattered about, gather them up and care for them, for in honoring the words, you honor the Lord who spoke them. How may things are sanctified by means of God's words! By the power of Christ's words, in fact, the Sacrament of the Altar is celebrated." --St. Francis, Letter to the Whole Order
Words have power to hurt or to heal. God spoke the world into being. His Son was the Word. We must always maintain a respect for God's word and not desecrate it in any way.
"I admonish you and encourage you in Christ to show all possible reverence for the written words of God wherever you may find them; and if you come upon God's words, and you see that they are not being cared for or are piled up sloppily or are scattered about, gather them up and care for them, for in honoring the words, you honor the Lord who spoke them. How may things are sanctified by means of God's words! By the power of Christ's words, in fact, the Sacrament of the Altar is celebrated." --St. Francis, Letter to the Whole Order
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