“You know how unwilling we are to deny ourselves, how unwilling to be reproved and contradicted, how a trifling thing will make us sad, how we delight to be commended while, with a sort of natural cruelty we see blame and faults in others which we are scarcely...
“O sir, what a faithful image of Our Lord is participation in the meekness and humility of his heart! How it portrays his manner of acting, especially when firmness accompanies it.” (CCD 2:403) – St. Vincent de Paul – Lord, in imitation of you,...
“We must receive with respect whatever God presents to us, and then examine the situation with its circumstances in order to do what is most expedient.” (CCD 5:636) – St. Vincent de Paul – In resolving situations in my work, Lord, nothing can...
