You know that you yourself are not always in the same state. If you are exact today, closely united to God, and a consolation to the whole house, tomorrow you will be out of sorts, indolent, and a source of affliction to others. Then you will need their support, as you have supported them.
Vincent de PaulThere is no act of charity that is not accompanied by justice or that permits us to do more than we reasonably can.
Vincent de PaulMay God be pleased to make it known to you, and fill you increasingly with His Spirit, so that through you it may be poured into the souls you guide, and your own soul may be more greatly sanctified!
Vincent de PaulOur Lord is pleased to deprive us of temporal goods; may it please His Divine Goodness to give us spiritual ones!
Vincent de Paul