Focus on the Family’s Glenn Stanton notes that St. Francis never actually said “Preach the Gospel always. If necessary, use words.” and that his own apostolate shows the inadequacy of the quip. You know what it’s supposed to mean, and there is an error to which it’s a corrective, but even so it’s not the best way of putting the point.
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