“It is well to suffer patiently and await the hour of God in the most trying affairs.” – St. Louise de Marillac – Lord, is it so hard for me to “endure patiently” when what I have worked so hard to build is in danger of failing. At...
Let us abandon ourselves to the direction of God’s loving Providence, and we shall be safe from all sorts of inconveniences that our haste may draw down on us (II:517).
“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 –...