– 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...
How I fear large numbers and expansion. What reason we have to praise God for allowing us to honor the small number of the disciples of His Son (I:304).
We are like the servants of the centurion in the gospel with regard to bishops, insofar as when they say to us: go, we are obliged to go; if they say: come, we are obliged to come; do that, and we are obliged to do it (I:297).
“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...
Do not be afraid of undertaking too much of what you can do without coming and going; but fear only the thought of doing more than you are doing and more than God is giving you the means to do (I:290).
