“Love is inventive to infinity.” (CCD 11:131)
– St. Vincent de Paul~
– Inventiveness takes a lot of energy and prayer. It is much safer to rely on the ‘tried and true’ than to risk failure in order to come up with ideas never thought of before. Lord, be my inspiration as I put my creative gifts at your service.
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How much our hearts should be on fire with love for this ministry of assisting poor people and for devoting ourselves earnestly to it because the need is so great and God expects this of us (XII:73).
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Our mission is to make God known to poor persons; to announce Jesus Christ to them; to tell them that the kingdom of heaven is at hand and that it is for persons who are poor (XII:71).
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“It requires fortitude to be silent concerning personal ills and fatigue.”
– St. Vincent de Paul~
– When I am tempted to relate every detail about my personal problems, Lord, help me to keep them to myself, realizing that others must deal with sufferings far greater than mine.
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Writing to encourage establishment of conferences in Siena: “You have rich children, O My Father, what a useful and beneficial lesson and how strengthening to enervated hearts to show them the poor; that is, to show them Jesus Christ not only in images painted by the great masters, but to show them Jesus Christ in the persons of the poor.”
– Bl. Frederic Ozanam
– Thank you, Lord, for the many opportunities I have of serving you in others.
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