Frases de São Vicente de Paulo
São Vicente de Paulo
Data de nascimento: 24. Abril 1581
Data de falecimento: 27. Setembro 1660
Outros nomes:Sv. Vincent De Paul
Vicente de Paulo, nascido Vincent de Paul ou Vincent Depaul, foi um sacerdote católico francês, declarado santo pelo Papa Clemente XII em 1737. Foi um dos grandes protagonistas da Reforma Católica na França do século XVII.
Citações São Vicente de Paulo
„It is only for your love alone that the poor will forgive you the bread you give to them.“
— Vincent de Paul
Context: You will find out that Charity is a heavy burden to carry, heavier than the kettle of soup and the full basket. But you will keep your gentleness and your smile. It is not enough to give soup and bread. This the rich can do. You are the servant of the poor, always smiling and good-humored. They are your masters, terribly sensitive and exacting master you will see and the uglier and the dirtier they will be, the more unjust and insulting, the more love you must give them. It is only for your love alone that the poor will forgive you the bread you give to them.
As quoted in Homelessness in America : A Forced March to Nowhere (1982), p. 121
„You will find out that Charity is a heavy burden to carry, heavier than the kettle of soup and the full basket. But you will keep your gentleness and your smile.“
— Vincent de Paul
Context: You will find out that Charity is a heavy burden to carry, heavier than the kettle of soup and the full basket. But you will keep your gentleness and your smile. It is not enough to give soup and bread. This the rich can do. You are the servant of the poor, always smiling and good-humored. They are your masters, terribly sensitive and exacting master you will see and the uglier and the dirtier they will be, the more unjust and insulting, the more love you must give them. It is only for your love alone that the poor will forgive you the bread you give to them.
As quoted in Homelessness in America : A Forced March to Nowhere (1982), p. 121
„However great the work that God may achieve by an individual, he must not indulge in self-satisfaction. He ought rather to be all the more humbled, seeing himself merely as a tool which God has made use of.“
— Vincent de Paul
As quoted in Reflection for November 5 in Saint Companions for Each Day (1986) by A. J. M. Mousolfe & J. K. Mousolfe, p. 417
„The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know at all how to employ it, neither does he know how to defend himself from it.“
— Vincent de Paul
As quoted in A Year with the Saints (1891) by Anonymous, p. 47
