Was there any one of the Apostles or any one of all the saints who did not need to do violence to himself in order to resist the attacks of the flesh and the world? (VI:193).
“Pride is a most pernicious vice, and the more to be dreaded as we are strongly inclined to it by nature.” – St. Vincent de Paul – Lord, I thank you for loving and sustaining me in spite of my foolish pride, which tempts me to believe I am...
According to the world, pace and health are the treasures of life; according to the state in which you are, they are also two sources of good, since they give you the means of serving God and the people better (VI:188).
There is as much a difference between one vocation and another as between the sun and the moon or between day and night because the vocation that does not come from God is only the shadow of a true vocation (VI:176).
“Be at peace and continue working as you have always done; the trouble you have already taken will not be lost. You know that after the rain comes the sunshine.” – St. Louise de Marillac – Dear Lord, when there doesn’t seem to be a light...
