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Providence must call us and we must follow it, if we are to go forward confidently.

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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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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The works of God are not accomplished when we wish them, but whenever it pleases Him.
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He is greatly honored by the time we take to weigh with mature deliberation matters having to do with his service, as are all those with which we deal.
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