You should be no more discouraged with suffering some aversion than travelers are with difficulties or sailors with storms. Each strives calmly to weather them so as to arrive at the place he plans to reach (VI:144).
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June 13, 2025
"Fervor is a fire that makes things boil and grow hot, just as fire causes water to boil. It is, properly speaking, Charity on fire, and that is what you should have, because a Daughter without Charity is like a body without a soul." ~ St. Vincent de Paul
Fervor requires that I go out of my way, over and beyond what is ordinarily asked of me. In prayer I will ask you for this grace, Lord.
After the storm comes the calm, and God who puts to death and raises to life, makes joy follow affliction and the effects of His power fulfill hopes based on His goodness (VI:140).
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June 10, 2025
"Every good action is a grain of seed for eternal life." ~ St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Time seems to fly by these days and now I am painfully aware of the missed opportunities for good I could have done. Help me to be less concerned about temporal matters and more about the things of the spirit.
June 9, 2025
"Allow yourself to be led by his Fatherly love, for he does love us and is far from rejecting a righteous man; he will not even abandon a wicked man who hopes in his mercy." ~ St. Vincent de Paul
Heavenly Father, the only thing I can be sure of is your love for me. Protect me and lead me as I go about my day.
June 7, 2025
"The work of Our Lord is dependent less upon many workers, than upon the fidelity of the few he calls." ~ St. Vincent de Paul
Lord, you know my human weaknesses and inability to do anything good without your help. Make me strong in faith and true to the vocation to which you have called me.
June 5, 2025
"You will help others more by the peace and tranquility of your heart than by any eagerness or care you can bestow on them." ~ St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Use me, Lord, as an instrument of your peace today. I want to extend your love to those I meet, especially those who are ill or grieving the loss of a loved one.
One of the things required most in a seminary is to have spiritual persons of deep piety to inspire the seminarians with this spirit, for no one can give what he does not have (VI:71).
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The virtue of humility is a good remedy for such antipathies because it makes those who practice it lovable and causes people to have greater esteem for their neighbor than for themselves (VI:51).
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June 3, 2025
"When the Spirit of God dwells in souls, he delivers them from that weakness which makes them ask, 'What will people say?" ~ St. Louise de Marillac
Deliver me, Lord, from being overly concerned about the opinions of others when the only important thing is to do what is right in your eyes.
Forbearance is the bond of friendship that unites hearts in sentiment and action not only among themselves but in Our Lord, in such a way that they enjoy great peace (VI:51).
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June 2, 2025
"Charity is like a flame which soars aloft. When present in a soul, charity raises it aloft to God and draws God to it in such a way that if you could see the beauty of it, you would fall in love with it and be transported with astonishment." ~ St. Vincent de Paul
Lord, cause Charity to so inflame my heart that everything I do will be an act of love for you.
Be very faithful to God in your spiritual exercises, acting in such a way as to make yourself ever more pleasing in God’s eyes and loving in the eyes of the poor (VI:45).
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