“Picture to yourself that there are millions of souls with outstretched arms calling you!” (CCD 1:245) – St. Vincent de Paul – The needs of the poor are so vast; it overwhelms me to think of who needs help the most. Instead of dwelling on what...
According to the world, peace and health are the treasures of life; according to the state in which you are, they are also two sources of good, since they give you the means of serving God and the people better (VI:188).
“I see that faith is a gift of God to be diligently sought and earnestly desired, and groan to him for it in silence, since our Savior says I cannot come to him unless the Father draws me.” (CW 1:371-372) – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – When my...
There is as much a difference between one vocation and another as between the sun and the moon or between day and night because the vocation that does not come from God is only the shadow of a true vocation (VI:176).
“God always blesses humble beginnings more than those that make a big stir!” (CCD 2:315) – St. Vincent de Paul – Forgive me, Father, for the times I’ve made a big show of things, forgetting that the good I do needs only to be seen by...
