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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!
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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[L]et us work to rid ourselves of our attacks of over-zealousness especially when it offends against respect, esteem, and charity.
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It will be most pleasing to O[ur] L[ord] if you husband your strength in order to serve Him better.
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[I]f the gentleness of your spirit needs a dash of vinegar, borrow a little from Our Lord's spirit. O Mademoiselle, how well He knew how to find a bittersweet remark when it is needed!
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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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I thank God that you know the art of tearing yourself apart - I mean the way to humble yourself truly by recognizing and realizing your faults. You are right in believing yourself to be as you describe and to be most unsuitable for any kind of duty it is on this foundation that Our Lord will base the execution of His plans for you.
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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.
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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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You should not open your mouth except to express gratitude for benefits you have received, and never to mention your discontent.
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We must be firm but not rough in our guidance and avoid an insipid kind of meekness, which is ineffective.
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I feel so strongly about the truths Our Lord taught us by word and example that I cannot help but see how everything done according to that teaching always succeeds perfectly well, while things done the opposite way have a quite different result.
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Peace is never so complete that we may not have something to suffer. . . . Since it is impossible to please all of [those you serve], they offer you the occasion for practices which increase your merit in the measure that you make them meritorious by your patience.
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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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The angels would become incarnate if they could, so that they might come to earth to imitate the example and virtues of the Son of God!
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Make an effort to serve good bread and good meat and not to sell the better wine so as to serve what is inferior.
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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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... I am sure that you are the first to do what you teach them.
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Without [firmness] I see the majority of Communities that are lax reach that state because of the excessive leniency of Superiors. So, be firm, Monsieur.
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. . . [R]estlessness usually stems from pride and from being discontented with one's lot in life.
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[I]t is the maxim of the saints that when a matter has been decided in the presence of God after many prayers and the seeking of advice, we must reject and consider as a temptation whatever is suggested to the contrary.
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Let us reflect that we shall always do God's Will and He will do ours when we carry out that of our Superiors.
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