“If our abode is on Calvary, let us be assured that Jesus crucified is pleased to see us there.” – St. Louise de Marillac – Lord, when I reflect on how much you were wiling to give to redeem me, the sufferings I have to endure seem so very...
“When we are satisfied that we have done everything in our power for the happy issue of any affair, we should preserve our tranquility and peace, whatever may be the result.” – St. Vincent de Paul – How hard it is for me to remain at peace when...
“Am I in full Charity with all?” – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – Today, I will examine my relationships in your presence, Lord, and see if my love for others is truly ‘full’, or if there are areas in need of...
“The perfection of prayer, as well as an interior perfection, does not consist in prayer of more or less sublimity, but in Charity.” – St. Vincent de Paul – Lord, sometimes I am more caught up in the feelings I experience in prayer than in its...
“God does not ask us to keep an account of the visible fruits of our charity; he asks us simply to love ‘with all our strength’. He does not ask us to give him the world, but to ‘give him ourselves’.” – Rev. Joseph Jamet, C.M....
“Small negligences create the greatest useless expense.” – St. Vincent de Paul – Being a faithful steward involves attention to many details, if useless expense is to be prevented. Lord, teach me how to properly care for what is placed in my...