Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

“God's affairs are accomplished gradually and almost imperceptibly and His spirit is neither violent nor tempestuous.”

SpiritFaithAffairViolentAccomplished

Book:Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

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“He also always blesses humble beginnings much more than those accompanied by a lot of show.”

ShowsFaithHumbleBlessHumble Beginnings

Book:Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

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“I feel so strongly about the truths Our Lord taught us by word and example that I cannot help but see how everything done according to that teaching always succeeds perfectly well, while things done the opposite way have a quite different result.”

WayFeelsWellsDifferentDoneHelpingFaithResultsLordTeachingExampleTaughtSucceedOppositesOur LordThings DoneTaught Us

Book:Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

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“. . . Practice teaching catechism and preaching. Missionaries must apply themselves to these tasks and although they do not accomplish them as successfully as others do, according to the opinion of men, it must be enough for them that they are doing the Will of God and perhaps producing more real fruit.”

MenRealEnoughFaithOpinionPracticeTeachingTasksFruitAccomplishGods WillPreachingCatechism

Book:Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

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“We must endeavor to have God reign sovereignly in us, and then in others. The trouble with me is that I take more care to have Him reign in others than in myself.”

CareFaithTroubleEndeavorReign

Book:Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

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“I 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!”

FaithWeakMercyAbuseMiserableMercifulIniquityForbearanceAbominationMerciful God

Book:Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

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“His Divine Goodness asks that we never do good in any place to make ourselves look important but that we always consider Him directly, immediately, and without intermediary in all our actions.”

LooksImportantActionFaithAsksDivineGoodnessOur Actions

Book:Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

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“. . . God is pleased to communicate himself to the simple and humble and to use the smallest and lowliest to make them great and exalted. In a word, it is He Himself who has called and approved them and even inspired their humble manner of living.”

UseFaithSimpleInspiredCommunicateHumbleSmallestExaltedApproved

Book:Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

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“Would that God, Monsieur, had rendered us worthy of spending our lives, as Our Lord did, for the salvation of those poor souls so far removed from all assistance.”

SoulFaithPoorLordOur LivesSalvationWorthySpendingAssistanceOur Lord

Book:Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

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“[I]t is the maxim of the saints that when a matter has been decided in the presence of God after many prayers and the seeking of advice, we must reject and consider as a temptation whatever is suggested to the contrary.”

Has BeensMatterFaithPrayerAdviceDecidedSaintSeekingContraryTemptationRejectsMaximsPresence Of God

Book:Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

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“Our Lord and the saints accomplished more by suffering than by acting.”

SufferingFaithActingLordSaintAccomplishedOur Lord

Book:Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

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“He is greatly honored by the time we take to weigh with mature deliberation matters having to do with his service, as are all those with which we deal.”

MatterFaithDealsMatureHonoredDeliberation

Book:Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

Source: Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)

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