Sunday Reflection …

Sunday, November 01, 2009
“Insensibility prevents us from being touched at the sight of the corporal and spiritual wretchedness of our neighbor; it leaves us without charity, without zeal, unmoved at the offenses committed against God.”
-St. Vincent de Paul
Give me, Lord, a compassionate heart, sensitive to the physical and spiritual needs of those around me.

Saturday Reflection

Saturday, October 31, 2009
“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 [...]

Friday Reflection

Friday, October 30, 2009
“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 [...]

Thursday Reflection

Thursday, October 29, 2009
“In the name of God, let us have ever more and more confidence in him; let him guide our little baroque; 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, [...]

Wednesday Reflection

Wednesday, October 28, 2009
“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 [...]

Monday Reflection

Monday, October 26, 2009
“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.

Sunday Reflection

Sunday, October 25, 2009
“After a storm comes sunshine, and the good God, who casts down and rises up again, makes joy succeed affliction, and lets the effects of his power be in the measure of our hope founded on goodness.”
-St. Vincent de Paul
Dear God, I put my trust in you because you are my unfailing [...]

Friday Reflection

Friday, October 23, 2009
“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 [...]

Thursday Reflection

Thursday, October 22, 2009
“Naturally everyone wants the best for himself, whereas Our Lord wishes us to prefer the worst.”
-St. Vincent de Paul
Instead of seeking the best for myself, Lord, teach me that only my very best is good enough for those I will be serving today.

Tuesday Reflection

Tuesday, October 20, 2009
“All our happiness consists in fulfilling the will of God, and it is real wisdom to desire nothing but that.”
-St. Vincent de Paul
When I stray away, looking for happiness in wealth, power and prestige, lead me back to you, O Lord, because you alone can bring me lasting joy.