“Overcome your timidity and go out boldly into the slums and visit those unknown to you who have never come near your parish church.”
– Bl. Frederic Ozanam~
– What is my attitude toward the homeless, the derelict, the abused or the AIDS sufferer? Lord, give me the courage and compassion to seek out the poor more directly.
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“God makes the interests of the afflicted his own.” (SW:668)
– St. Louise de Marillac
“The Lord is close to the broken-hearted; and those who are crushed in spirit He saves.” Psalm 34:18.
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“Every ward of a hospital is a chapel wherein Jesus resides.”
– St. Vincent de Paul~
– Whenever I visit a hospital, Lord, your presence is very near. May everything I say or do for the sick be done to comfort and console as you would have me do.
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“To commit ourselves to Him for strength and refuge is the only relief from thoughts which would overpower the mind that did not resist them.” (CW 1:129)
– St. Elizabeth Ann Seton~
– Lord, teach me how to let go and trust you, so my faith can grow and my hope increase.
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