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I have never come away from you without reflecting that the Spirit of God and His holy workings reside in you.

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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May God be pleased to make it known to you, and fill you increasingly with His Spirit, so that through you it may be poured into the souls you guide, and your own soul may be more greatly sanctified!
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Scorn both these evil suggestions and the wickedness of their author, who is the devil. Be very cheerful and humble yourself as much as you can. Ordinarily, God allows these things to happen to free us from some hidden pride and to engender in us holy humility.
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Providence must call us and we must follow it, if we are to go forward confidently.
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He also always blesses humble beginnings much more than those accompanied by a lot of show.
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If there is any danger in the present weather, in the name of God, Monsieur, wait until spring
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All of you desire to belong entirely to God, and God also wants all of you to belong to Him
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I feel so strongly about the truths Our Lord taught us by word and example that I cannot help but see how everything done according to that teaching always succeeds perfectly well, while things done the opposite way have a quite different result.
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... I am sure that you are the first to do what you teach them.
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Noise makes no good, good makes no noise.
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Nevertheless, when one is ill, one should be submissive to the doctor and obey him.
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Foresight is good when it is subject to the latter, but it becomes excessive when we are in a hurry to avoid something we fear. We rely more on our own efforts than on those of his Providence, and we think we are doing a great deal by anticipating His orders by our own disorder, which causes us to rely on human prudence rather than on his Word.
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God uproots the vine that He Himself has not planted.
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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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When in Rome, you must do as the Romans do and accept the local customs, if they are not immoral.
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So, do not dwell any longer on what you are, but consider Our Lord close by you and within you, ready to put His hand to the work as soon as you call upon Him for help, and you will see that all will go well.
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If we divested ourselves, once and for all, of all self-will, we would then be in a position of being sure of doing the Will of God, in which the angels find all their delight and men all their happiness.
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There is nothing good that does not meet with opposition, and it should not be valued any less because it encounters objections.
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I hope that this man can be won over by your bearing charitably with him, advising him prudently, and praying for him. This is what I do for your family in general and for you in particular.
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We must be firm but not rough in our guidance and avoid an insipid kind of meekness, which is ineffective. We will learn from Our Lord how our meekness should always be accompanied by humility and grace so as to attract hearts to Him and not cause anyone to turn away from Him.
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Let us do our duty well let us go straight to God let us work to become very humble, very patient, very mortified, and very charitable.
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