If you give only very little to the poor out of helplessness, you give a great deal to God out of love since you offer God your own comfort, your heavy labors and your life (VII:380).
“Mortification in eating is the alphabet of a spiritual life; and they who do not know how to subdue their gluttony will find it no easy matter to triumph over other vices which are much more difficult to conquer.” – St. Vincent de Paul –...
“Begin again today; what is lost must not cause dejection; what is gained will be lost if you do not begin afresh as if nothing had been done.” – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – Heavenly Father, I am grateful for this new day. Nothing can bring back...
What does it matter where God is served, provided he is served, that it be done on behalf of souls for whom Jesus Christ has died, and that it be done through ways most advantageous for them (VII:346-347).
