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And what are we doing if we are not doing God's Will?

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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Laws must never be made compatible with crimes, no more than lying should be in harmony with the truth.
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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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Let us be submissive to Providence, He will see to our affairs in His own time and in His own way
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Put your trust in Him and following His example, always act humbly, graciously, and in good faith.
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. . . in the final analysis, virtue is not found in extremes, but in prudence . . .
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The vine-stock bears fruit as long as it is attached to its stem apart from that, no.
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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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When in Rome, you must do as the Romans do and accept the local customs, if they are not immoral.
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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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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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It will be easier for you to bring him around to where you want him more by gentleness and patience than by being too uncompromising.
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Our Lord and the saints accomplished more by suffering than by acting.
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[W]isdom consists in following Providence step by step. And you can be sure of the truth of a maxim which seems paradoxical, namely, that he who is hasty falls back in the interests of God.
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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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Man's condition is never the same he is humbled, then exalted sometimes at peace, sometimes persecuted enlightened today and plunged into darkness tomorrow. What is to be done? As I said, let us be prepared for whatever may happen.
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I would rather him to bear patiently with it than to put himself in danger of a greater evil.
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Nevertheless, when one is ill, one should be submissive to the doctor and obey him.
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I will always welcome joyfully any opportunity that comes my way to be of service to you
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