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Friday, October 31, 2025
Quote of the Day
One thing to which you should pay close attention is to destroy that evil spirit of drinking, which is a source of disorder among the clergy. To do so, you must strive to make them interior, prayerful persons, who will prefer to converse with God rather than to seek out the company of others, and to carry out their duties rather than remain idle (VIII:168).
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Oct. 31, 2025
"Do you think this will discredit you? We would have to keep ourselves shut up in a box not to be exposed to some annoyance or other!" ~ St. Vincent de Paul
O Father, sometimes I am overly sensitive about the opinions of others. Never let these feelings prevent me from moving ahead and doing what is right.
Oct. 30, 2025
"Though for a time we may have yielded to temptation, let us now take courage and conquer the enemy by doing violence to self." ~ St. Vincent de Paul
Forgive me, Lord, for the times I have yielded to temptation and sinned. Knowing that you love me so much you died to save me is my greatest motive for avoiding sin in the future.
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Oct. 29, 2025
"One of the first rules of my happiness is to be satisfied with good in whatever degree I can attain it." ~ St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Heavenly Father, even as an earthly father is pleased with the simplest show of affection for his child, I know you are pleased with what I offer you in love, and I am grateful.
Oct. 31, 2025
"Do you think this will discredit you? We would have to keep ourselves shut up in a box not to be exposed to some annoyance or other!" ~ St. Vincent de Paul
O Father, sometimes I am overly sensitive about the opinions of others. Never let these feelings prevent me from moving ahead and doing what is right.
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Oct. 29, 2025
"In the name of God, let us have ever more and more confidence in him; let him guide our little barque; if it is useful and pleasing to him, he will save it from shipwreck and no matter how the importance and variety of the works of others threatens to swamp it, it will sail with all the greater security, amidst so many good ships, so long as it keeps straight on its own course, and does not cross their track by deviating from its own path." ~ St. Vincent de Paul
In these uncertain and confusing times, I place my confidence in you, Lord, to guide the work of my hands so it may be values driven and benefit those I serve.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Oct. 28, 2025
"Sometimes a work fails, not because a similar institution has been set up beside it and outdone it, but it has brought about its own ruin by making use of means contrary to the spirit of Christ in order to maintain itself in the first place." ~ St. Vincent de Paul
As I go about my work, Lord, help me to remember how important it is to do it ethically and with the right motives. The end never does justify the means.
Monday, October 27, 2025
Quote of the Day
Our vocation binds us to follow Our Lord, it obliges us also to renounce ourselves, that is, our will, our judgment, our pleasures, property, relatives, etc. (VIII:126).
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Oct. 27, 2025
"You must look forward. At all events this life is worth possessing, if it were only because while we have it we are candidates for a better one." ~ St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Lord, help me to put away all the burdens of the past and the fears I have for the future. Take from me anything that prevents me from moving toward a greater union with you.
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Oct. 26, 2025
"Though truth and sincerity should ever guard our words, yet we should be careful never to offend others." ~ St. Louise de Marillac
Lord, I want to be honest and upright in my dealings with others. Keep from me all thoughts of vengeance or retaliation toward those who may have hurt me through a mistaken
idea of speaking truth.
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Oct. 25, 2025
"After a storm comes sunshine, and the good God, who casts down and raises up again, makes joy succeed affliction, and lets the effects of his power be in the measure of our hope founded on his goodness." ~ St. Vincent de Paul
Dear God, I put my trust in you because you are my unfailing hope in time of need.
Friday, October 24, 2025
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Oct. 23, 2025
"We must not judge the designs of God according to human reason, although our puny minds incline us to do so." ~ St. Vincent de Paul
O God, sometimes your ways are a mystery to me, too great to comprehend. Let it be enough to know you love me and that I accept, even when I don't understand.
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Quote of the Day
May it please God, in his infinite goodness, to fill you with His Spirit, in order to make Him known and loved among these poor people who are so disposed to embrace our holy faith (VIII:103).
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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
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Saturday, October 18, 2025
Oct. 18, 2025
"Let us mistrust desires for change. Who are we who seek to choose our path? Let us abandon ourselves to Divine guidance." ~ St. Louise de Marillac
Lord, when I find myself envying others who are following what appears to be some other, more attractive path in life, remind me that your love will sustain me in my present situation which you have chosen for me. I place all my trust in you.
Friday, October 17, 2025
Oct. 17, 2025
"Our Lord has no use for our knowledge or our good works if he does not possess our heart; and even this heart he does not wish if we do not give it to him when he asks." ~ St. Vincent de Paul
Lord, I praise you with all my heart this day. Accept the work of my hands and make it pleasing to you.
Thursday, October 16, 2025
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Monday, October 13, 2025
Oct. 13, 2025
"God is all powerful, while we are weak. We make virtue consist in what it is not; it cannot be found in excesses. How little the Son of God achieved; it was the apostles who had the greater results." ~ St. Vincent de Paul
When I am tempted to put too much stock in success and find myself not getting the recognition I think I deserve, Lord, let me find comfort in the example of your life.
Sunday, October 12, 2025
Oct. 12, 2025
"The holy will of God has assigned to us our present employment. We should perform our work with the fidelity of an ambassador executing the orders of the sovereign." ~ St. Louise de Marillac
When I find myself straying away from what I know in my heart is your will for me, Lord, remind me that crosses and difficulties are a fact of life and not to give in to such temptations. I rely on you to keep me faithful.
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