“Bitterness never serves any purpose than to embitter.” (CCD 1:526) – St. Vincent de Paul – Remove from my heart, O Lord, all traces of hatred and resentment when wrongfully treated, remembering that they serve no purpose but to harm me and...
Let’s be like that little peasant who was carrying a sack and, seeing his master kneel down to pray did the same, with his little sack on his back. When asked what he was doing, he said, “I’m asking God to do what you’re requesting of him;...
“Clothe yourselves with the dispositions which animated your Master. When he approached a sick person, it was always in the name of the Father, and by the virtue of the Holy Spirit: thus, you should always bring with you the goodness and tenderness, the love and...
“Never be hurried by anything whatsoever, and nothing can be more pressing than the necessity for your peace before God— commit everything to him that passes thro’ your hands; you will help others more by the peace and tranquility of your heart than by any...
