Tag: St. Vincent de Paul

“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

After experiencing Jesus in the person of the poor, Vincent de Paul dedicated his whole life to showing them the compassionate heart of God

In different parts of his life, St. Vincent said: “Simplicity is a virtue I love most, the one to which in all my actions I pay most heed.”

Within the Vincentian spiritual tradition, Vincent’s slowness has often been interpreted as a sign of his sensitivity and obedience to Divine Providence