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The Daughters of Charity live their commitment to God through service to people in need and through working for a more just society. In the spirit of their founders St Louise de Marillac and St Vincent de Paul they strive to make a difference in the world of people who are poor, disadvantaged or discriminated against. In partnership with others they provide comprehensive, caring and collaborative services in a transparent and responsible way.

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St Vincent de Paul

As we enter the last weeks of September we prepare to celebrate the feast of St Vincent de Paul. You are invited to pause a while and focus on one aspect of St Vincent’s life and to pray and reflect on St Vincent lived his faith in action.

For St Vincent, true holiness meant that all of his decisions, plans, struggles and actions had to revolve around the person of Jesus Christ.

Opening Prayer:
Jesus, be my light, and my life. Let my eyes be like the servant’s eyes, always looking to do your bidding.

Reflection:
St Vincent opened his soul to some of his friends. He felt blessed and extremely fortunate because he was doing what Jesus had done. He told his companions:

to make God known to those in poverty, to tell them that the Kingdom of Heaven  is at hand and that it is for them – O how great that is, so sublime it is to preach  the gospel to those in poverty that is above al the office of the Son of God.

 More and more Vincent’s life revolved around the person of Jesus, whom he encountered in those living in poverty, the sick, and homeless. To Vincent, Jesus simply was love, the source of Vincent’s strength, vision and harmony. Trying to encourage one of his early collaborators, Vincent wrote:

Remember, Father, that we live in Jesus Christ by the death of Jesus Christ and that we ought to die in Jesus Christ by the life f Jesus Christ and that our life ought to be hidden in Jesus Christ and full of Jesus Christ and that in order to die like Jesus Christ it is necessary to live like Jesus Christ.

Pause:
How much of a compass is the person of Jesus for orienting my life?
What questions about Jesus frequently nag me?
What strengthens my faith and hope?

Closing Prayer:
O God, grant that we may walk in your steps. Send the grace to follow your example. Lead us to seek the reign of God and its justice, and to leave all other worries in your care.