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You can give me no greater consolation nor render greater service to your neighbor than to place yourself in a condition to serve him for a long time
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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With God's help, you will continue to succeed in your leadership and in your duties, because Our Lord's work is accomplished not so much by the multitude of workers as by the fidelity of the small number whom He calls.
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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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O Monsieur de Sergis, how important a matter is submission of spirit to a superior!
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The works of God are not accomplished when we wish them, but whenever it pleases Him.
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All comes at the proper time to him who knows how to wait.
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God has great plans for you, directed towards helping you do what Jesus Christ did when He was on earth. This requires you do resist temptation vigorously, with special confidence in the assistance of His Divine Goodness. Courage then, Monsieur. Be faithful to Him, and the Divine Goodness will be favorable to you.
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Providence must call us and we must follow it, if we are to go forward confidently.
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Scorn both these evil suggestions and the wickedness of their author, who is the devil. Be very cheerful and humble yourself as much as you can. Ordinarily, God allows these things to happen to free us from some hidden pride and to engender in us holy humility.
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(1) Be convinced that exactness in rising is one of the most important practices in the Company and that as the day begins so the rest of the day continues (2) give yourselves sincerely to God on going to bed in the evening, asking Him for the strength to overcome yourselves in the morning and to obey His voice without delay.
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It is a ruse of the devil, by which he deceives good people, to induce them to do more than they are able, so that they end up not being able to do anything. The spirit of God urges one gently to do the good that can be done reasonably, so that it may be done perseveringly and for a long time.
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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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Since God is satisfied with our good will and honest efforts, let us also be satisfied with the outcome He gives to them, and our actions will never be without good results
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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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Oh! how happy the man of means who uses his wealth and his life for the greater glory of God, from whom he has received them!
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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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If you grant asylum to so many refugees, your house may be sacked sooner by the soldiers I see that clearly. The question is, however, whether, because of this danger, you should refuse to practice such a beautiful virtue as charity.
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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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Always be quite simple and sincere and ask God to grant me those two virtues.
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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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[N]or should you move so fast! The works of God do not proceed in that way they come about of themselves, and those He does not create soon perish.
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