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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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. . . . [P]ersons who love very much, easily take offense at trifles. No doubt your excessive affection for me makes you a little diffident about mine. But there is no harm done I hope you will soon be over this slight jealousy and be convinced that nothing can change the genuine affection Our Lord has given me for you
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An honorable man would never abandon his friend in time of need, especially if they were in a foreign country. Why? For fear of acting like a coward or of being boorish. I repeat, I admire the fact that, those persons have, through human respect, more courage than Christians and priests have, through charity or through their good intentions.
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God has great plans for you, directed towards helping you do what Jesus Christ did when He was on earth. This requires you do resist temptation vigorously, with special confidence in the assistance of His Divine Goodness. Courage then, Monsieur. Be faithful to Him, and the Divine Goodness will be favorable to you.
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. . . Our Lord humbles in order to raise up, and allows the suffering of interior and exterior afflictions in order to bring about peace. He often desires some things more than we do, but wants us to merit the grace of accomplishing them by several practices of virtue and to beg for this with many prayers.
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. . . [A]s a rule, the most learned persons do not produce the greatest results. We see that only too often.
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Who will excuse us before God for the loss of such a great number of people, who could be saved by the slight assistance we could give them?
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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.
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Oh! how happy the man of means who uses his wealth and his life for the greater glory of God, from whom he has received them!
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To this end, we should help and support one another and strive for peace and union among ourselves. This is the wine that cheers and strengthens travelers along the narrow path of Jesus Christ.
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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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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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God's affairs are accomplished gradually and almost imperceptibly and His spirit is neither violent nor tempestuous.
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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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I have made to God the offering you made to me of your heart and have asked him to unite mine with yours in that of Our Lord.
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Good works are often spoiled by moving too quickly. . . . The good which God desires is accomplished almost by itself, without our even thinking of 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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A doctor who keeps a person from becoming ill deserves more merit than one who cures him.
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