AMMONIZIONE XVII

Testo: S. Francesco d’Assisi
Musica: S. Merlo

Where there is love and wisdom
There is neither fear nor ignorance
Where there is patience and humility
There is neither anger nor trouble.
(With joy) Where there is poverty with joy
(With joy) There’s neither grasping nor greed.

Where there is love and wisdom
Where there is patience and humility
Where there is poverty with joy, where there is mercy and insight
There is neither excess nor hardness of heart

Where there is poverty with joy, where there is mercy and insight
There is neither excess nor hardness of heart
Where there is peace and meditation
There is neither worry nor wandering.
Where fear of the Lord guards an entrance
There the enemy can’t have a place to enter
(With joy) Where there is mercy and insight
(With joy) There’s neither excess nor hardness of heart.

Where there is love and wisdom
Where there is patience and humility
Where there is poverty with joy, where there is mercy and insight
There is neither excess nor hardness of heart

Where there is poverty with joy, where there is mercy and insight
There is neither excess nor hardness of heart