“Evil always leaves some impression on the soul, if we do not envelop ourselves in a cloak of prayer and humility. The greatest cedars fall.” – St. Vincent de Paul – It is only through prayer that I can come to know myself and ask for the...
“Looking up steadily spares the pain, both of retrospection and anticipation.” – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – Lord, at times I am overwhelmed with guilt about my past actions and so filled with dread about the future; I am unable to move ahead in...
The more we seek, like Our Lord, the Kingdom of God His Father and to establish it in ourselves and in others, the more will the necessities of life be given us (VIII:175).
“Rash judgments are what Jesus most reproved in the Gospel.” – St. Vincent de Paul – Lord, because I can never know the motives or interior struggles of another person, help me to avoid those thoughtless judgments I so often make about the...
