Missionaries should strive to remain lowly and unknown and not to make a display and cause others to esteem them (V:485).
Quote of the Day – February 25
Begin with something small and have great love for your own abjection. This is the spirit of Our Lord and that is how he acted and that is also the means of attracting his graces (V:485).
Quote of the Day – February 24
We are not true Christians if we do not embrace and cherish tenderly the ridicule that will be heaped upon us (V:483).
Quote of the Day – February 23
You must act in such a way that you are also prompted to trust even more in God, for His grace is sufficient to help you overcome the assaults of rebellious nature (V:473).
Quote of the Day – February 22
There is no one on earth, no matter how holy, without some inclination to evil. This is the trial of good souls and a subject of merit (V:473).
Quote of the Day – February 21
A plowman has to wait a long time before seeing the fruits of his plowing, and sometimes he does not see the abundant harvest his sowing has produced (V:463).
Quote of the Day – February 20
Since all these graces have been prepared for you, and our good God, who grants them, desires nothing so much as to lavish them on those who truly want to make use of them, what is there to prevent you from being filled with them, destroying by their power all that...
Quote of the Day – February 19
You know the will of God cannot be made known to us more clearly in events than when they happen without our intervention or in a way other than we requested (V:459).
Quote of the Day – February 18
Trust firmly in God's guidance and encourage your people to have this trust in the present disturbances; the storm will abate, and the calm will be greater and more pleasing than ever (V:454).
Quote of the Day – February 17
May God be pleased to strengthen you in these hardships, enlighten you in your doubts, and bring you safely to the place where Providence intends to lead your little bark (V:454).