“God is satisfied with our good will and honest efforts.” (CCD 3:206)
– St. Vincent de Paul

– Heavenly Lord, help me to be satisfied with the person I am. Reveal the talents you have given me and how you want me to use them in your service. I am so grateful that you see my intentions as well as my deeds and love me as I am.

“In the name of God, Sir let your trust in God be greater than it is! Let him steer your little boat. If it be useful and pleasing to him, he will save it from shipwreck and there will be no danger that the multitude and size of other craft will cause it to be submerged.” (CCD 4:347)
– St. Vincent de Paul

– In times of personal stress I will trust that your guidance will bring me through the waters of self-pity and restore peace to my soul.

“God’s work is accomplished little by little and almost as it were, imperceptibly, and His Spirit is neither violent nor unreasonable.” (CCD 2:257)
– St. Vincent de Paul

– Lord, teach me how to be patient with myself, especially when I want quick and easy solutions to my problems.

“He knows all our weakness and the failings of our hearts. As a father pities his own children, he pities us, and has himself declared that he never will forsake the soul that confides in his name.” (CW 1:398)
– St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

– Heavenly Lord, I rely on your promises and confide to you all my cares, concerns and needs. I do this in your most powerful name of Jesus.

“God never fails to come to our help in due time after we, on our part, have done all we can.” (CCD 7:564)
– St. Vincent de Paul

– When I catch myself worrying, Lord, let me feel your presence within me.

“Provided He reigns, that suffices.”
– St. Louise de Marillac

– Heavenly Father, I want to give my whole life to you, yet I am afraid of what you might ask of me. Extend your hand so I can overcome my fear of the unknown. With you at my side, I will find the courage to “launch out into your deep and let the shoreline go.”

“Evil always leaves some impression on the soul, if we do not envelop ourselves in a cloak of prayer and humility. The greatest cedars fall.”
– St. Vincent de Paul

– It is only through prayer that I can come to know myself and ask for the graces I need to overcome sin and temptation in my life. Gift me with the humility to see that I can do nothing good without you, Lord.

“Looking up steadily spares the pain, both of retrospection and anticipation.” (CW 1:426)
– St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

– Lord, at times I am overwhelmed with guilt about my past actions and so filled with dread about the future; I am unable to move ahead in the here and now. Give me the grace to lay aside these negative thoughts and fill me with the confidence I need to deal with the present.

“Rash judgments are what Jesus most reproved in the Gospel.” (CCD 2:158)
– St. Vincent de Paul

– Lord, because I can never know the motives or interior struggles of another person, help me to avoid those thoughtless judgments I so often make about the actions of others. Forgive me for my failures in this regard.

“One of the most powerful reasons to induce us to love God is the conviction we enjoy that He loves us.”
– St. Louise de Marillac

– Blessed, Lord, I am humbled every time I think of your unconditional love for me— a love that knows no limits. Help me extend that same love to others.