Faith and humility
Conferences of the Rev. Père Lacordaire, p. 458
The faith of the poor is the same as the faith of the learned. All believe in and pray to the same God, with the same obligation of humbling their pride, and knowing their nothingness.
Jean-Baptiste-Henri-Dominique Lacordaire (1802-1861) was a renowned preacher and restorer of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) in France. He was a great friend of Frederic Ozanam (in fact, he is the author of a very interesting biography on Ozanam) and very close to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
Image: Lacordaire, painted by Louis Janmot (1814-1892), friend of Frederic Ozanam and an early member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
*Source: Conferences of the Rev. Père Lacordaire: Delivered in the Cathedral of Nôtre Dame, in Paris. Author: Jean Baptiste Henri Dominique Lacordaire. Translated from the French by Henry Langdon. Publisher: T. Richardson in 1853.
These Lenten series have been very insightful and truthful. What a wise preacher he was to have influenced great men and woman.