“We should consider that day happy in which we have either prevented any evil or done any good.” – St. Vincent de Paul – Lord, empower me to be your instrument of peace today, realizing that even one person can make a...
“What can shut us out from the love of Him who will ever dwell within us through love?” – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – Divine Lord; let nothing ever separate me from your love, on which I greatly depend.
“Have the courage to own up to one’s omissions and blunders.” – St. Vincent de Paul – To admit to my failures takes a lot of humility and courage. Rather than yielding to despondency, let me see these occasions as times of growth, painful...
This is how God usually works: He separates and then reunites; He distances and then brings close together; He takes away and then gives back; lastly, He destroys and restores, leaving nothing permanent in this life (VI:569).
