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A man who behaves poorly in a Community will not do well in a parish.
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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We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that spirit of compassion which is truly the spirit of God.
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We should spend as much time in thanking God for his benefits as we do in asking him for them.
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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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[P]resent misfortune presupposes good luck in the future.
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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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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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Far from being a bad thing to seek advice, you must, on the contrary, do so when the matter is of any importance, or when we cannot come to a clear decision on our own.
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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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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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Nature makes trees put down deep roots before having them bear fruit, and even this is done gradually.
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If we want to find the manna hidden in our vocation, let us restrict and confine all our desires within it.
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God allows us to give rise to the practice of two beautiful virtues: perseverance, which leads us to attain the goal, and constancy, which helps us to overcome difficulties.
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Our Lord is pleased to deprive us of temporal goods may it please His Divine Goodness to give us spiritual ones!
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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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So, we pray well when we remain in this way in the presence of God, with no exertion of the understanding or will. Therefore, you will do well to listen to God in the urge you feel to return to us.
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...Seek counsel of very pious, disinterested persons, and follow the call of O[ur] L[ord] and the advice of those persons.
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. . . [T]hose persons who console you today may humiliate you tomorrow.
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If you no longer have any income, you will not be neglected-you will not starve to death. . . . We panic at first, but God does not always allow the evil that is feared to happen.
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Remember, Monsieur, that Saint Augustine says that a person who does not obey the doctors is doing his best to kill himself.
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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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