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I will always welcome joyfully any opportunity that comes my way to be of service to you

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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In the name of God, Monsieur, let us not be so little attached to God's service that we yield to a useless fear which may cause us to abandon the task He has given us.
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He also always blesses humble beginnings much more than those accompanied by a lot of show.
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Peace is worth far more than anything they might take from you.
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God uproots the vine that He Himself has not planted.
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The wisest persons, surprised by some passion, often say things they later regret.
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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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. . . [T]hose persons who console you today may humiliate you tomorrow.
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If we divested ourselves, once and for all, of all self-will, we would then be in a position of being sure of doing the Will of God, in which the angels find all their delight and men all their happiness.
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[I]n order to raise a soul to the highest perfection, He allows it to pass through dryness, brambles, and combats, causing it thereby to honor the times of weariness in the life of His Son, Our Lord, who suffered various kinds of anguish and abandonment.
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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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If after so much effort and prayer, the matter is not successful, it will be a clear sign that God does not will it.
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If God is the center of your life, no words are necessary. Your mere presence will touch hearts.
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I have made to God the offering you made to me of your heart and have asked him to unite mine with yours in that of Our Lord.
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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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God's affairs are accomplished gradually and almost imperceptibly and His spirit is neither violent nor tempestuous.
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. . . [T]hese [ideas] are only suggestions of the evil spirit who, to jeopardize your salvation, suggests to you extraordinary works that are beyond your strength, under the fine pretext of practicing, on your own, the spiritual and corporal works of mercy . . .
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God has seen fit that, since our services are useful to many persons, everyone approves them, but only when they are carried out in the spirit of Our Lord.
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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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