Tag: St. Vincent de Paul

Because we are missionaries, gentleness is necessary to “win people over so that they will turn to the Lord. That will not happen if we treat people harshly or sharply"

No, humility is not to think less of ourselves but to think of ourselves less. Humility thus means thinking more of others.

In the language of the young, we call this “authenticity” or “transparency.” Today, we appreciate people who are real, genuine, transparent, and authentic

“If you have to leave prayer to go to a patient, go ahead, and in that way you’ll leave God in prayer and find Him with that sick person.”

Who we are in our spiritual journey is largely influenced by our spiritual directors, especially during the early stages of that journey

This devout humanism led Vincent to discover God not in the heights of mystical contemplation but in the ordinary events of human experience

In the end, synodality is not about us—not about communion among ourselves or our participation in our own isolated worlds

St. Vincent, with his practical orientation amid his thousand concerns, did not neglect the emotional dimension of his relationships

Synodality is not just new theological jargon. It needs to be lived in our everyday lives. How? Vincent de Paul suggested some practical ways

In a medieval church where the lay people were relegated to the sidelines, Vincent’s intuition led him beyond his male chauvinist culture to empower laymen and women