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...it is difficult to master one's feelings and be exact in everything in the midst of many affairs
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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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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Naturally, everyone is disheartened by sharp reprimands, and by the most amiable corrections as well, if they are frequent, immoderate, or given inappropriately.
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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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There are some persons who are content with everything and others who are scarcely content with anything. These latter need patience to bear with themselves.
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Practice humility and patience.
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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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O Monsieur de Sergis, how important a matter is submission of spirit to a superior!
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We must be firm but not rough in our guidance and avoid an insipid kind of meekness, which is ineffective. We will learn from Our Lord how our meekness should always be accompanied by humility and grace so as to attract hearts to Him and not cause anyone to turn away from Him.
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Indeed, good is not good if one does not suffer in doing it.
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Just as stinginess is blameworthy, so is facility in paying more for things than they are worth...
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In a word, we owe obedience to the bishops in all things pertaining to our work in the missions, with ordinands, etc., but the spiritual and internal direction belongs to the Superior General.
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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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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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[M]ay you be more advanced in the school of solid virtue, which is practiced in an excellent way in the midst of suffering, and which keeps good servants of God in fear when they have nothing to suffer!
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Peace is worth far more than anything they might take from you.
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Fear not calm will follow the storm, and perhaps soon.
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We should take as a maxim never to be surprised at current difficulties, no more than at a passing breeze, because with a little patience we shall see them disappear. Time changes everything.
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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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That's what our Rules engage us to do, to help poor persons, our lords and masters.
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If you say that a good reputation serves to benefit the neighbor more, I admit that. However, since it should be based on a good life, it is, therefore, preserved by the practice of virtue and not by human intrigue.
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