Quote: October 31

"Do you think this will discredit you? We would have to keep ourselves shut up in a box 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.

Quote: October 30

"Though for a time we may have yielded to temptation, let us now take courage and conquer the enemy by doin 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.

Quote: October 29

“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.

Quote: October 28

“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.

Quote: October 27

“You must look forward. At all event 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 post and the fears I have for the future. Take from me anything that prevents me from moving toward a greater union with you.

Quote: October 26

“Are you weary after all the happenings and difficulties of the day? Well, in the evening you have this beneficial refreshment which will give energy to all your actions.”

~ St. Vincent de Paul

When cares wear me down, restore and renew me, Lord, through the reading of your Scripture.

Quote: October 25

“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.