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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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O Monsieur de Sergis, how important a matter is submission of spirit to a superior!
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[E]ven if the whole world should rise up to destroy us, nothing will happen except that God, in whom we have put our hope, will allow.
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People are made in such a way that even the holiest ones are liable to offend one another.
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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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. . . . [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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If after so much effort and prayer, the matter is not successful, it will be a clear sign that God does not will it.
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You know that you yourself are not always in the same state. If you are exact today, closely united to God, and a consolation to the whole house, tomorrow you will be out of sorts, indolent, and a source of affliction to others. Then you will need their support, as you have supported them.
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