“The will of God cannot be made known to us more clearly than when events happen without our concurrence or contrary to what we had asked.” – St. Vincent de Paul – When things don’t go as I planned, Lord, help me to see with the eyes of...
If there are any among us who think they are in the mission to evangelize the poor people but not to alleviate their sufferings, to take of their spiritual needs but not their temporal ones, I reply that we have to help them and have them assisted in every way, by us...
“God is all powerful, while we are weak. We make virtue consist in what it is not; it cannot be found in excesses. How little the Son of God achieved; it was the apostles who had the greater results.” – St. Vincent de Paul – When I am tempted...
“The holy will of God has assigned to us our present employment. We should perform our work with the fidelity of an ambassador executing the orders of his sovereign.” – St. Louise de Marillac – When I find myself straying away from what I know...
How much our hearts should be on fire with love for this ministry of assisting poor people and for devoting ourselves earnestly to it because the need is so great and God expects this of us (XII:73).
