Wednesday, April 30, 2025

 April 30, 2025


"We should watch over the interests of others as well as we do our own, and be careful to act on every occasion, with uprightness and fidelity." ~ St. Vincent de Paul

Today I will be careful to treat others as I myself want to be treated. Be with me Lord, when I am tempted to excuse my negligence to the detriment of others.

 

Quote of the Day

Apr 30, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

I ask Our Lord to be your light and strength in all the events of this life (V:451).


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Tuesday, April 29, 2025

 April 29, 2025


"May God be pleased to preserve you in perfect health and in that close union in which, by virtue of the Holy Spirit, you live together." ~ St. Louise de Marillac

Lord, peace and harmony are truly heavenly virtues. Grant me these blessings for my family and always be present in its midst.

 April 28, 2025


"I am asking Our Lord to be himself, your strength and your life, as he is to all who nourish themselves with his love." ~ St. Vincent de Paul

My soul as well as my body needs to be nourished on a regular basis. As "food" for my soul I will set aside some time each day for quiet prayer and reflection.


 

Quote of the Day

Apr 29, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

God raises up and puts down wherever He pleases and whomsoever He wishes. It is for us to adore his ways and trust in his goodness (V:450).


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Monday, April 28, 2025

 

Quote of the Day

Apr 28, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

God sometimes allows these great disturbances, which unsettle the most secure States, to remind earthly sovereigns that they are answerable to His kingship and are just as dependent as their own subjects (V:449-450).


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Quote of the Day

Apr 27, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

Mortification, like all the other virtues, is acquired only by repeated acts (V:443). 


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Quote of the Day

Apr 26, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

Love one another, bear with one another, support one another and be united in the Spirit of God who has chosen you for this great undertaking and will preserve you for its fulfillment (V:441).


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Friday, April 25, 2025

 April 27, 2025

"As only a great necessity would make us decide to give remedies to a sick person in a violent attach of fever, so we should not generally reprove anyone at the very time they commit a fault." ~ St. Vincent de Paul

Father, when I have been hurt, my first reaction is to retaliate. Teach me to forgive, even as you have forgiven me.


April 26, 2025


"Look up: the highest there were the lowest here and coveted most the poverty and humility which accompanied them and our Master every step of his suffering life." ~ St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

When I tend to take a narrow view of my situation and am overly concerned about success, I will remember that your life, Lord, gave all the appearance of failure. Give me a greater appreciation for the value cross in my life. 

 April 25, 2025


"Why should not your soul be filled with confidence since, by the mercy of Our Lord, you are his beloved daughter/son?" ~ St. Vincent de Paul

Sometimes I fail to pray with the confidence of one who is beloved of God. Help me to claim my inheritance, Lord.

Quote of the Day

Apr 25, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

May God be ever in the center of your heart and give you the strength needed in the present disturbances! (V:435). 


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Thursday, April 24, 2025

 April 24, 2025


"Do not expect great things from anyone who does not know how to entertain himself with God." ~ St. Vincent de Paul

Lord, you know my heart even when I fail to listen to you. Perhaps my lack of progress is because I am not as faithful as I should be. Teach me how to pray.

 

Quote of the Day

Apr 24, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

We ask God to guide and possess you entirely in time and eternity (V:452).


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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

 

Quote of the Day

Apr 23, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

How do we know whether God, angered by the disorder of His own children of the Church, may not intend to transfer it among the unbelievers? (V:425).


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 April 23, 2025


"I do not think it expedient for you to relieve yourself by imparting your little annoyances to this one or that. A good stomach digests everything, while a delicate one ejects what it cannot endure. Oh, how good it is to keep our affairs between God and ourselves!" ~ St. Vincent de Paul

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

 April 22, 2025


"There is no state in the world that has not its bitterness and crosses, and which therefore does not make us desire to embrace some other condition." ~ St. Vincent de Paul

Without the cross, there could be no resurrection. Lord, when I complain about my sufferings help me to remember that truth.

 

Quote of the Day

Apr 22, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

With the strong sustaining the weak, everything would go better (V:423).



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Monday, April 21, 2025

 April 21, 2025


"A fault may serve for our advancement when it serves to humble us." ~ St. Louise de Marillac

Lord, make me aware of the prejudice, jealousy and other faults to which I so often yield. I am humbled by your love for me in spite of these imperfections.

 

Quote of the Day

Apr 21, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

If God were pleased to give this spirit of support and adaptation to each individual, what great union and advantages would this procure for the entire body because we would regard the interest of others as our own! (V:423).


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Quote of the Day

Apr 20, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

We are obliged, as Christians, to bear with our neighbor’s ill humor and try to temper it (V:412).


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Quote of the Day

Apr 19, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

You should at least stifle the outbursts of your own will in those feelings of agitated nature so as not to give in to it in its troubled state for fear of aggravating the evil instead of curing it (V:410).


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Friday, April 18, 2025

 April 20,2025


"The reward of sacrifice is peace." ~ St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Lord, every sacrifice has its price as well as its reward. Bless me with that peace of mind which comes from knowing nothing I do goes without your notice.

 April 19, 2025


"The reward of sacrifice is peace." ~ St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Lord, every sacrifice has its price as well as its reward. Bless me with that peace of mind which comes from knowing nothing I do goes without your notice.

 April 18, 2025


"The most glorious and desirable death is that which surprises us with arms in our hands for the service of the Lord." ~ St. Vincent de Paul

Lord, death will hold no fear for me if my days are spent serving you in whatever way your will is revealed to me.

 

Quote of the Day

Apr 18, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

The works of God have their moment; God’s providence brings them about at that time and neither sooner nor later (V:400).


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Thursday, April 17, 2025

 April 17, 2025


"Night follows day, sadness follows joy and opposition public applause, in order that our souls may abide in God alone, who is above all change." ~ St. Louise de Marillac

Dear Lord, when I am surrounded by change and conflict, I look to you as my rock of safety in you is all my confidence.

 

Quote of the Day

Apr 17, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

Be assured that it is not improper for priests of the Mission to demand justice for poor slaves so that they may be given what is being held back from them (V:398).


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Wednesday, April 16, 2025

 April 16, 2025


"Humility is a virtue which Jesus Chris has exceedingly loved, and which he came to teach to the world. The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility." ~ St. Vincent de Paul

Lord, you never deny a humble, contrite heart. Since humility is truth, teach me to recognize the good as well as the bad within me and be encouraged to change what needs changing.

 

Quote of the Day

Apr 16, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

We will always be ready to render service in the way our Rule allows: to go and instruct poor country folk, hear their general confessions, reconcile them with one another, settle their disputes, and organize assistance for the poor who are sick corporally as well as spiritually, by establishing the Confraternity of Charity (V:373).


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Tuesday, April 15, 2025

 April 15, 2025


"Reputation is but an empty bubble when it is not founded on truth, and when established on this basis, it has nothing to fear." ~ St. Vincent de Paul

Lord, it isn't easy to be totally honest and truthful in today's world. Help me to value integrity more than gain of any sort.

 

Quote of the Day

Apr 15, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

Young plants cannot produce fruits too soon, and if they do, wise gardeners pluck them off and unburden them of them (V:361).


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Monday, April 14, 2025

 

Quote of the Day

Apr 14, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

I am no longer good for anything but to make up for lost time and prepare myself for the judgment of God. How happy I will be if I can find favor in His sight (V:343).


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Quote of the Day

Apr 13, 2025 | Quote of the Day


How I wish that the members of the Mission who are together would do everything in conjunction with one another! This is how friends act, and how much more so should two brothers who live together (V:333).


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Quote of the Day

Apr 12, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

We must humble ourselves in our poverty (V:329). 


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Quote of the Day

Apr 11, 2025 | Quote of the Day

Let us give ourselves to God as best we can, expecting only trials and sufferings from our own men, with perfect assurance that they will not be lacking to us if we are faithful to seeing that the Rules and holy customs of our vocation are observed (V:324).


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Quote of the Day

Apr 10, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

Consider before God whether the aversions some persons have toward the vows do not spring from human nature, which is always seeking freedom (V:321).


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Wednesday, April 9, 2025

April 9, 2025


 "Be at peace and continue working as you have always done; the trouble you have already taken will not be lost. You know that after the rain comes the sunshine." ~ St. Louise de Marillac

Dear Lord, when there doesn't seem to be a light at the end of the tunnel and all seems lost, make me feel your strength and the truth of your promise to be always with me. I believe in that promise.

Quote of the Day

Apr 9, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

As far as poverty is concerned the Church instructs that, after using what they need for food and clothing, they should give the surplus to the poor (V:320). 


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Tuesday, April 8, 2025

 April 8, 2025


"Affability and meekness are very powerful virtues in gaining souls to God." ~ St. Vincent de Paul

Heavenly Father, today I will try to be pleasant and gentle with those who are suffering, remembering how patient and forgiving you are with me.

 

Quote of the Day

Apr 8, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

It is a maxim of the saints that, when, after much prayer and consultation, action has been taken in an important matter involving the glory of God and the welfare of the Church, it must be believed that it is God’s will that this be done (V:316).


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Monday, April 7, 2025

April 7,,2025

"Continue to be an edification to the neighbor, the consolation of the afflicted and the solace of the sick." ~ St. Louise de Marillac

"The Lord is close to the broken-hearted and rescues those whose spirits are crushed." - Psalms 34:18

 

Quote of the Day

Apr 7, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

Now the state most pleasing to God is that of perfection, the one Our Lord embraced on earth and has the Apostles embrace it. It consists, among other means, of living in poverty, chastity, obedience and stability in one’s vocation (V:315).


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Quote of the Day

Apr 6, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

Those whom Providence has called to be the first members of a nascent Company usually strive to put it in the state most pleasing to God (V:315).


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Quote of the Day

Apr 5, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

God has been pleased to compose this Little Company of persons of lowly condition and average intelligence. By his mercy, however, they have good will, which, by His grace, is increasing in them daily (V:267).


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Friday, April 4, 2025

April 6, 2025

"Condescension in evil or dangerous matters is not a virtue; it is a weakness and a disorder." ~ St. Vincent de Paul

Be present, Lord, when my desire to be thought well of temps me to take the easy way out and not challenge what I know is a wrong course of action. Give me the courage to do what is right. 

April 5, 2025

 "Your steadiness of conduct will never injure you, even in the minds of those who act differently from you, for all will respect and esteem you more for persevering in what you know to be your duty." ~ St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

Help me, Lord to remain at peace when I'm done all I can do in a situation, knowing that you are always ready to support me.

 April 4, 2025


"In order to acquire a solid habit of any virtue, it is necessary to form good resolutions on the particular acts of this virtue and be faithful in executing them." ~ St. Vincent de Paul

Lord, only you can give me the courage to change the things within me that need changing because your steadfast love for me is so great!

 

Quote of the Day

Apr 4, 2025 | Quote of the Day 

It is better to look on in wonder and remain silent at the sight of so many and such incomparable acts of kindness (V:263).


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Thursday, April 3, 2025

 April 3, 2025


"When we think that we have done our duty well, we believe that we have earned some credit, and we wait for a reward. However, Charity is gratuitous, it is its own reward."  ~ Rev. Joseph Jamet, CM

Lord, help me to understand the truth of these words and not expect personal recognition for everything I do.

 June 12, 2025 "Truth does not depend on the people around us or the place we are in." ~ St. Elizabeth Ann Seton   Even though I v...