"Do you think this will discredit you? We would have to keep ourselves shut up in a box not to be exposed to some annoyance or other!" - St. Vincent de Paul - O Father, sometimes I am overly sensitive about the opinions of others. Never let these feelings prevent me...

"Though for a time we may have yielded to temptation, let us now take courage and conquer the enemy by doing violence to self." - St. Vincent de Paul Forgive me, Lord, for the times I have yielded to temptation and sinned. Knowing that you love me so much you died to...

"In the name of God, let us have ever more and more confidence in Him; let Him guide our little barque; if it is useful and pleasing to Him, He will save it from shipwreck and no matter how the importance and variety of the works of others threatens to swamp it, it...

"Sometimes a work fails, not because a similar institution has been set up beside it and outdone it, but it has brought about its own ruin by making use of means contrary to the spirit of Christ in order to maintain itself in the first place." - St. Vincent de Paul -...

"You must look forward. At all events this life is worth possessing, if it were only because while we have it we are candidates for a better one." (CW 1:47) - St. Elizabeth Ann Seton - Lord, help me to put away all the burdens of the past and the fears I have for the...

"Are you weary after all the happenings and difficulties of the day? Well, in the evening you have this beneficial refreshment which will give energy to all your actions." - St. Vincent de Paul - When cares wear me down, restore and renew me, Lord, through the reading...

"After a storm comes sunshine, and the good God, who casts down and raises up again, makes joy succeed affliction, and lets the effects of his power be in the measure of our hope founded on goodness." (CCD 6:140) - St. Vincent de Paul - Dear God, I put my trust in you...

"Though truth and sincerity should ever guard our words, yet we should be careful never to offend others." - St. Louise de Marillac - Lord, I want to be honest and upright in my dealings with others. Keep from me all thoughts of vengeance or retaliation toward those...

"We must not judge the designs of God according to human reason, although our puny minds incline us to do so." - St. Vincent de Paul - O God, sometimes your ways are a mystery to me, too great to comprehend. Let it be enough to know you love me and that I accept, even...

"Naturally everyone wants the best for himself, whereas Our Lord wishes us to prefer the worst." (CCD 7:515) - St. Vincent de Paul Instead of seeking the best for myself, Lord, teach me that only my very best is good enough for those I will be serving today.