Daily Reflection – January 13

“You will be judged not on efficiency and success, though these must be sought for, but on love; and your professional work must be the channel through which you express your love.”
– Rev. Joseph Jamet, C.M.

– Lord, your ways are not my ways. Sometimes I find myself caught up with being successful and competitive. Help me to keep a proper balance with your love as my first motivation.

Daily Reflection – January 12

“Aid the sick in a constructive way and call upon their cooperation.”
– St. Vincent de Paul

– Sometimes sick people fail to cooperate because they are afraid or disturbed by their lack of control over their situation. Help me, Lord, to be a sensitive listener so I can become aware of their unspoken concerns.

Daily Reflection – January 11

“True charity, in our century, consists less in giving relief than in understanding and sustaining the effort for liberation which is agitating the classes and the minority groups.”
– Mother Suzanne Guillemin, D.C.

– O God, purify me of all my personal prejudices. Give me an understanding heart, always ready to listen and be open to the opportunity for dialogue.

Daily Reflection – January 10

“God accepts the undertakings of one who presents things frankly just as they are.”
– St. Vincent de Paul

– Lord, I want to be open and honest in everything I do or say. Teach me to be truthful without subterfuge, neither embellishing nor minimizing the facts as I see them. Give me the courage to do this.

Daily Reflection – January 9

“When in charity we feel we must give some spiritual counsel, we must never be so egotistical as to expect a hungry man, or one distracted by worry over the rent to listen to our words about God until we have helped to relieve his misery.”
– Bl. Frederic Ozanam

– Lord, help me to keep in mind that the poor must be relieved of their misery before giving them your message.

Daily Reflection – January 8

“Though the doctor is a member of the staff, he has need of your intelligent and devoted cooperation.” (CCD 10:540)
– St. Vincent de Paul

– Heavenly Father, it is so important in this day and age for physicians and staff to work as a team. Keep me mindful that the input of all members of the team is necessary for the positive outcome of the work being done.

Daily Reflection – January 7

“Oh! How beautiful and consoling the name of Mary is!”
– St. Catherine Laboure

– Mary, you are always ready to obtain the graces I need, if I but ask for them. Keep me faithful to my commitments and teach me how to live a humble, simple life.

Daily Reflection – January 6

“It is from your hands that Our Lord in the person of the sick seeks relief.”
– St. Vincent de Paul

– Lord, help me to make time today to serve you in those who are most in need of encouragement or assistance.

Daily Reflection – January 5

“Come now, let us engage ourselves with renewed love to serve the poor, and let us even seek out the poorest and most abandoned of all.” (CCD 11:349)
– St. Vincent de Paul

– Fill me Lord with fresh enthusiasm for my service to your poor. Keep me faithful to the promises I have made to you.

Daily Reflection – January 4

“When our strength is gone, God makes us realize our helplessness which obliges us to ask him to send good laborers into his vineyard.”
– St. Vincent de Paul

– Lord, when I feel weak and powerless, come and be my strength!

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