I am sent not only to love God but to make Him loved. It is not enough for me to love God, if my neighbor does not love Him. St. Vincent de Paul
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We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that spirit
We should recall that no man is an island, entire of itself. Our lives are involved with one another, through innumerable interactions they are
We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest
Our true worth does not consist in what human beings think of us. What we really are consists in what God knows us to be. St. John Berchmans Too
Lord, help me to make time today to serve you in those who are most in need of encouragement or assistance. St. Vincent de Paul Our Back To School
Helping a person in need is good in itself. But the degree of goodness is hugely affected by the attitude with which it is done. If you show
It is certainly true that he who is humble is also faithful to God, because the humble man is also just in giving to all their due, and above all, in
Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves, each looking out not for his own
In a generous spirit pay homage to the LORD, be not sparing of freewill gifts. With each contribution show a cheerful countenance, and pay your
Let us also love our neighbors as ourselves. Let us have charity and humility. Let us give alms because these cleanse our souls from the stains of
Do you really know the living Jesus – not from books but from being with Him in your heart? Have you heard the loving words He speaks to
No love in mortality comes closer to approximating the pure love of Jesus Christ than the selfless love a devoted mother has for her child. Jeffrey
Four things let us ever keep in mind: God hears prayer, God heeds prayer, God answers prayer, and God delivers by prayer. Edward McKendree Bounds
Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing higher, nothing stronger, nothing larger, nothing more joyful, nothing fuller, nothing better in heaven or on
Since we are fundamentally dependent on God and in His debt for our creation and redemption, our love is always owed to Him, a duty, a response to
If you want God to hear your prayers, hear the voice of the poor. If you wish God to anticipate your wants, provide those of the needy without
Let us go then, my brothers, and work with a new love in the service of the poor, looking even for the most destitute and abandoned among them. Let
A tree is known but its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness
We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that spirit