“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...
– 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...
“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...
