“O Lord, keep us in thy way, direct us in thy paths, recall our wanderings, make us to hear thy voice with gladness and to rejoice in thy salvation.” (CW 3a:33) – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – Heavenly Father, when will I learn that only in you...
“The will of God cannot be made known to us more clearly than when events happen without our concurrence or contrary to what we had asked.” (CCD 5:459) – St. Vincent de Paul – When things don’t go as I planned, Lord, help me to see with...
We owe obedience to the bishops in all things pertaining to our work in the missions, with ordinands, etc, but the spiritual and internal direction belongs to the Superior General (III:153).
“God is all powerful, while we are weak. We make virtue consist in what it is not; it cannot be found in excesses. How little the Son of God achieved; it was the apostles who had the greater results.” (CCD 13b:438) – St. Vincent de Paul – When...