Since all these graces have been prepared for you, and our good God, who grants them, desires nothing so much as to lavish them on those who truly want to make use of them, what is there to prevent you from being filled with them, destroying by their power all that...
– Writing to the rich, Bl. Frederic wrote: “Thrift is not the first of virtues. Spend freely and wisely where money can provide work and relieve distress.” – Bl. Frederic Ozanam – Lord, help me to be open-handed in giving my time and...
You know the will of God cannot be made known to us more clearly in events than when they happen without our intervention or in a way other than we requested (V:459).
Trust firmly in God’s guidance and encourage your people to have this trust in the present disturbances; the storm will abate, and the calm will be greater and more pleasing than ever (V:454).
“Some persons look and never see; others see and never look.” – St. Vincent de Paul – Lord, is it possible to have sight and yet be blind? Never let me be so preoccupied with my own temporal concerns that I blot out the needs of my poor...
