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That's what our Rules engage us to do, to help poor persons, our lords and masters.
Vincent de Paul
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Vincent de Paul
Age: 79 †
Born: 1581
Born: April 24
Died: 1660
Died: September 27
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... bear with him as Our Lord bore with His disciples, who gave Him good reason to complain - at least, some of them did. Yet, He allowed them to remain in His company and tried to bring them around gently.
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In this way, through experience they will be formed adequately, will be encouraged, and will be capable of rendering service to God.
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Far from rejecting such a good man as you, He never even abandons a wicked man who hopes for His mercy.
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Experience has shown us that virtue puts down only shallow roots in those who are there for just a short time
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[M]ay you be more advanced in the school of solid virtue, which is practiced in an excellent way in the midst of suffering, and which keeps good servants of God in fear when they have nothing to suffer!
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It is not light they need but strength, and strength permeates through the external balm of words and good example.
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[I]n order to raise a soul to the highest perfection, He allows it to pass through dryness, brambles, and combats, causing it thereby to honor the times of weariness in the life of His Son, Our Lord, who suffered various kinds of anguish and abandonment.
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If you do not see any good in these persons, then say nothing, but if you do see some, speak about it to honor God in them because all good proceeds from Him.
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You can give me no greater consolation nor render greater service to your neighbor than to place yourself in a condition to serve him for a long time
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...a great good is worth being long desired.
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If you think something should be done, take the trouble to write to me about it, and together we will decide the time and manner of doing it.
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When in Rome, you must do as the Romans do and accept the local customs, if they are not immoral.
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We must hold as an irrefutable maxim that the difficulties we have with our neighbor arise more from our immortified moods than from anything else.
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I am the only wretch who keeps on heaping new iniquities and abominations on myself. O Monsieur, how merciful God is to put up with me with so much patience and forbearance, and how weak and miserable I am to abuse his mercies so greatly!
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