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Be acted upon rather than active. In this way, God will do through you alone what all men put together could not do without Him.
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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Naturally, everyone loves his freedom, but we must beware of this as of a broad road that leads to perdition.
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The children of our Lord walk gladly in his ways they have confidence in him, and so when they fall, they rise again and if, instead of stopping to grumble about the stone they have tripped over, they humble themselves at their fall, this helps them to advance with great strides in his love.
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Indeed, good is not good if one does not suffer in doing it.
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. . . [I]n the kingdom of charity, one prefers to suffer some inconvenience rather than inconvenience the neighbor.
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It is a ruse of the devil, by which he deceives good people, to induce them to do more than they are able, so that they end up not being able to do anything. The spirit of God urges one gently to do the good that can be done reasonably, so that it may be done perseveringly and for a long time.
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. . . Practice teaching catechism and preaching. Missionaries must apply themselves to these tasks and although they do not accomplish them as successfully as others do, according to the opinion of men, it must be enough for them that they are doing the Will of God and perhaps producing more real fruit.
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There are some persons who are content with everything and others who are scarcely content with anything. These latter need patience to bear with themselves.
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Your soul will be blessed, Sister, if you bear patiently the troubles of mind and body His Providence sends you, or which come to you from within and without.
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There are good, God-fearing persons who still fall into certain faults, and it is better to bear with them than to be hard on them.
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With whose imperfections will you bear, and what insult are you capable of enduring, if a thoughtless word from your own Superior is unbearable?
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. . . It is God's plan that those who are to help others spiritually fall into the temptations of mind and body by which others can be tormented. . . . Scorn both these evil suggestions and the wickedness of their author, who is the devil.
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Remember, Monsieur that roses are not gathered except in the midst of thorns and that heroic acts of virtue are accomplished only in weakness.
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Never betray His principles for any reason whatsoever, and take great care not to spoil God's affairs by too much haste in them.
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Naturally, everyone is disheartened by sharp reprimands, and by the most amiable corrections as well, if they are frequent, immoderate, or given inappropriately.
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