Since God has been pleased to inspire you with this good work and to cause you to cast your eyes on us, His Divine Goodness wills also that we proceed in it simply and wholeheartedly (VII:236).
“As only a great necessity would make us decide to give remedies to a sick person in a violent attack of fever, so we should not generally reprove anyone at the very time they commit a fault.” – St. Vincent de Paul – Father, when I have been...
Every walk of life has its joys and sorrows; we have to drink both of them. Heaven suffers violence and we must renounce ourselves to follow Our Lord (VII:333).
“Look up: the highest there were the lowest here and coveted most the poverty and humility which accompanied them and our Master every step of his suffering life.” – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – When I tend to take a narrow view of my situation...
“Why should your soul not be filled with confidence since, by the mercy of Our Lord, you are his beloved daughter/son?” – St. Vincent de Paul – Sometimes I fail to pray with the confidence of one who is beloved of God. Help me to claim my...
