“We should assist the poor in every way and do it both by ourselves and by enlisting the help of others… to do this is to preach the gospel by word and by work.” – St. Vincent de Paul – Lord, make my love for you be like a living flame which spreads itself to […]

All those things are nothing but exercises for your purgation, illumination, and perfection, and so that you can sympathize with those whom you see in similar dispositions. It is God’s plan that those who are to help others spiritually fall into the temptation of mind and body by which others can be tormented (II:152-153).