I thank God for having given the Company subjects who belong more to Him than to themselves, and who serve the neighbor at the risk of their lives! They are like unrefined gold, which becomes visible in fire and which would otherwise remain hidden under ordinary actions and sometimes under faults and failings.
Vincent de PaulCharity is the cement which binds Communities to God and persons to one another . . .
Vincent de PaulI am the only wretch who keeps on heaping new iniquities and abominations on myself. O Monsieur, how merciful God is to put up with me with so much patience and forbearance, and how weak and miserable I am to abuse his mercies so greatly!
Vincent de PaulIf God is the center of your life, no words are necessary. Your mere presence will touch hearts.
Vincent de PaulIt is not light they need but strength, and strength permeates through the external balm of words and good example.
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