Friday, November 29, 2024

Quote of the Day - November 29

 Quote of the Day - November 29: Let us take care of His affairs and He will take care of ours (III:526).

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Quote of the Day - November 28

 Quote of the Day - November 28: Let us be more careful to extend the empire of Jesus Christ than our own possessions (III:526).

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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Quote of the Day - November 27

 Quote of the Day - November 27: By the grace of God we belong to Him; what else should we desire except to please Him? (III:509).

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Quote of the Day - November 26

 Quote of the Day - November 26: Our business is to gain heaven; everything else is a sheer waste of time (III:503).

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Monday, November 25, 2024

Quote of the Day - November 25

 Quote of the Day - November 25: The poor who do not know where to go or what to do, who are suffering already and who increase daily, are my burden and my sorrow (III:492).

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Quote of the Day - November 24

 Quote of the Day - November 24: Remember that the means for acting in a useful manner in your office are mistrust of self and confidence in the Lord who, if He needed the help of men for the successful outcome of His plans, would have put in your place a Doctor and a saint (III:464).

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Quote of the Day - November 23

 Quote of the Day - November 23: May God be pleased to give the Company men who are equally zealous in our dear vocation (III:452).

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Friday, November 22, 2024

Quote of the Day - November 22

 Quote of the Day - November 22: The day will come when the Company will have greater credibility and support, and those who can do good for it will have greater charity for it than they do now (III:448).

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Thursday, November 21, 2024

Quote of the Day - November 21

 Quote of the Day - November 21: Charity converts necessity into virtue by acquiescing to God’s good pleasure in all the afflictions we inevitably suffer (III:398).

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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Quote of the Day - November 20

 Quote of the Day - November 20: Let us rely on Our Lord and allow Him to act since it is He who governs and not we (III:385).

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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Quote of the Day - November 19

 Quote of the Day - November 19: Trials from on high are always salutary (III:385).

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Monday, November 18, 2024

Quote of the Day - November 18

 Quote of the Day - November 18: We cannot better assure our eternal happiness than by living and dying in the service of the poor, in the arms of Providence, and with genuine renouncement of ourselves in order to follow Jesus Christ (III:384).

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Quote of the Day - November 17

 Quote of the Day - November 17: God raises up and humbles us, consoles and afflicts us, according as he sees us disposed to profit by these states (III:382).

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Quote of the Day - November 16

 Quote of the Day - November 16: We should take as a maxim never to be surprised at current difficulties, no more than at a passing breeze, because with a little patience we shall see them disappear. Time changes everything (III:382).

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Friday, November 15, 2024

Quote of the Day - November 15

 Quote of the Day - November 15: May He who has set you apart to instruct His people in salvation maintain your flock in doing good and preserve your Church without stain or wrinkle under your guidance (III:377).

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Quote of the Day - November 14

 Quote of the Day - November 14: The apostolic life does not exclude contemplation but encompasses it and profits by it (III:344).

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Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Quote of the Day - November 13

 Quote of the Day - November 13: If temptations are necessary for everyone, they are also a source of merit for those to whom God grants the grace of turning all things to good (III:342).

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Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Quote of the Day - November 12

 Quote of the Day - November 12: Man’s life is nothing but temptation, and no one is exempt from it (III:342).

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Monday, November 11, 2024

Quote of the Day - November 11

 Quote of the Day - November 11: I think the trouble caused in religious Orders by the brothers arises from the fact that they are kept in too lowly a position. Here we want to treat our Brothers as servants, even though it is true to say that most of them are more virtuous than most of us. (III:319).

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Quote of the Day - November 10

 Quote of the Day - November 10: Honey from your hive flows even into this house and serves as food for its children (III:275).

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Quote of the Day - November 9

 Quote of the Day - November 9: We are poor people more liable to turn aside His blessings than to draw them down (III:275).

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Friday, November 8, 2024

Quote of the Day - November 8

 Quote of the Day - November 8: Experience teaches that what is feasible at the beginning is sometimes harmful as things go on (III:272).

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Thursday, November 7, 2024

Quote of the Day - November 7

 Quote of the Day - November 7: O Divine Goodness, unite in this way all hearts in the Little Company of the Mission, then order whatever you please. Labor will be sweet to them and every task easy; the strong person will relieve the weak one, and the weak will cherish the strong and obtain increased strength for him from God. And so, Lord, Your work will be done as you would like, for the building up of your Church and your workers will multiply, attracted by the perfume of such charity (III:258).

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Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Quote of the Day - November 6

 Quote of the Day - November 6: Grace strengthens you in order to sanctify you and sanctifies you so that you might encourage others in the ways of salvation (III:258).

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Quote of the Day - November 5

 Quote of the Day - November 5: You are a prisoner for charity, or, to put it better, a prisoner for Jesus Christ. What a happiness to suffer for this great Monarch, and how many crowns await you if you persevere to the end (III:242).

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Monday, November 4, 2024

Quote of the Day - November 4

 Quote of the Day - November 4: O God my Lord, please be the bond of their hearts; bring to flower the effects of so many holy affections You cause them to form, and give growth to the fruits of their labors for the salvation of souls. Water with Your eternal blessings this establishment, like a new tree planted by your hand. Strengthen these poor Missionaries in their fatigue. Lastly, my God, be yourself their reward, and through their prayers spread over me your immense mercy (III:241).

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Quote of the Day - November 3

 Quote of the Day - November 3: All of you desire to belong entirely to God, and God also wants all of you to belong to Him (III:241).

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Quote of the Day - November 2

 Quote of the Day - November 2: The fears and mistrust you experience come from nature, and only from a distance do they have access to your heart, which is much more generous than that (III:207).

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Friday, November 1, 2024

Quote of the Day - November 1

 Quote of the Day - November 1: The important thing is to be aware of our weaknesses and to love the humiliation coming from them (III:207).

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Quote of the Day - December 20

  Quote of the Day - December 20:   God be praised that people say the Company knows the things of God but knows men very little (IV:57). ht...