All creatures...

"All creatures have the same source as we have.

LIke us, they derive the life of thought, love, and will from the Creator.

Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them;

but to stop there is a complete misapprehension of the intentions of Providence.

We have a higher mission.

God wishes that we should succor them whenever they require it."



St. Francis of Assisi
in Carol Kelly-Gangi
_The Essential Wisdom of the Saints_
NY: Fall River Press, 2008, p. 50