“Corporal maladies are advantageous to us when we suffer them for the love of God and with conformity to His holy will. We prove thereby that the soul, the nobler part of our being, is in perfect health.” (SW: 326) – St. Louise de Marillac –...
I think the trouble caused in religious Orders by the brothers arises from the fact that they are kept in too lowly a position. Here we want to treat our Brothers as servants, even though it is true to say that most of them are more virtuous than most of us....
“You should bring to the sick two kinds of food: corporal food and spiritual food; that is to say, some little word from your meditation, were it only five or six words, to help them to acquit themselves of their duty as Christians or to bear their sufferings...
“To serve the poor is to serve Jesus Christ. O my daughters, how true this is! You serve Jesus Christ in the person of the poor, and this is as true as that we are here present.” (CCD IX:199) – St. Vincent de Paul – May I see your image, Lord,...
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