Friday, September 27, 2024

A CHARITABLE HEART=THE STORY OF SAINT VINCENT DePaul

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WITNESS

 

 

9-27-13

 

 

A CHARITABLE HEART---THE STORY OF SAINT VINCENT DePAUL

 

 

 

 

 

I am sure

You have heard the saying:

“Charity begins at home”

 

I am here to tell you

That that is NOT true

 

It is not true today

Was not true yesterday

And will never ever be true

 

Saint Vincent DePaul

Was born in to a peasant family

Was educated by the Franciscans

And became a priest

At the age of 19

 

His following

Consisted of people

Who were rich and fashionable

Yet Vincent himself

Was utterly devoted to the poor and oppressed

 

A heart of compassion

A heart of charity

A heart of love

 

He founded

A congregation of priests

Who would live from a community fund

Renounce all church support

And work to help reestablish faith

In the smaller towns and villages

 

In that same year---1625

He established the Sisters of Charity

The first congregation of “unenclosed” women

Totally devoted to the poor and the sick

 

He was a LEGEND

Even in his own lifetime

 

He touched all people

Clergy and lay people alike

Rich and poor

Outcasts and convicts

 

A CHARITABLE HEART to be sure

 

Legend has it

That EVEN NOW---almost 600 years later---after his death

That his physical heart has NOT decayed---is still incorrupt

 

So we need no further testimony

Than God himself

About the charity---about the heart

Of a man named Vincent DePaul

 

Like the saying goes,

“It is what is inside that counts”

 

Dear Lord---we pray

That we may have ALL have

The HEART OF
The love of

The compassion of ---and

 

                  THE CHARITY OF SAINT VINCENT DePAUL

 

Robert P. Wallman

September 28th, 2011

 

Ps                  September 27th is the feast day of Saint Vincent DePaul

 

 

WITNESS       9-27-13

 

 

9-28-14

 

 

 

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