This maxim of neither asking nor refusing anything, which keeps us dependent on God and His guidance, can only be pleasing to God, especially because it destroys human sentiments that, under pretext of zeal and of the glory of God, lead us often to undertake works...
“Your patients need a share of your joy.” (X:268) – St. Vincent de Paul – Today Heavenly Father, I will find occasions to relax and laugh so others may see the joy I feel in being with them.
May it please God to maintain this zeal in the Company and to strengthen you more and more so that your zeal, like a tree of life, may always bear fruit of an eternal duration (VI:308).
“When the Spirit of God dwells in souls, he delivers them from that weakness which makes them ask, ‘What will people say?'” (SW: 269) – St. Louise de Marillac – Deliver me, Lord, from being overly concerned about the opinions of others...
May God be pleased to strengthen you with His grace so that, by sanctifying your soul more and more, He will also sanctify, through it, the souls of the people (VI:257).
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