“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...
How I fear large numbers and expansion. What reason we have to praise God for allowing us to honor the small number of the disciples of His Son (I:304).
“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...
We are like the servants of the centurion in the gospel with regard to bishops, insofar as when they say to us: go, we are obliged to go; if they say: come, we are obliged to come; do that, and we are obliged to do it (I:297).
“To give of one’s means is nothing if one does not give oneself, and employ every moment of one’s life, and even expose it to danger for the love of God, in serving the poor.” – St. Louise de Marillac – Lord, you have been so...
