“God does not ask us to keep an account of the visible fruits of our charity; he asks us simply to love ‘with all our strength’. He does not ask us to give him the world, but to ‘give him ourselves’.”
– Rev. Joseph Jamet, C.M.~
– Today, Lord, I offer myself to you with all my gifts, desires and good intentions. I am grateful that you accept me and love me as I am.
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God, you see before You a Company that longs only for the grace to observe your teachings, to model itself on Your way of acting and to advance in the ways of holiness You have prescribed for it (XII:150).
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“Small negligence's create the greatest useless expense.”
– St. Vincent de Paul~
– Being a faithful steward involves attention to many details, if useless expense is to be prevented. Lord, teach me how to properly care for what is placed in my charge because these things belong to the poor and not to me.
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– Writing to the rich, Bl. Frederic wrote:
“Thrift is not the first of virtues. Spend freely and wisely where money can provide work and relieve distress.”
– Bl. Frederic Ozanam~
– Lord, help me to be open-handed in giving my time and resources to the service of those most in need.
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“Some persons look and never see; others see and never look.”
– St. Vincent de Paul~
– Lord, is it possible to have sight and yet be blind? Never let me be so preoccupied with my own temporal concerns that I blot out the needs of my poor brothers and sisters who have so little, while I have so much.
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