Humility and charity are the two master-chords: one, the lowest; the other, the highest; all the others are dependent on them. Therefore it is necessary, above all, to maintain ourselves in these two virtues; for observe well that the preservation of the whole edifice depends on the foundation and the roof.



Today is the memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul, constant servant of the poor, the enslaved, the abandoned, the ignored, the pariahs. Founder of the Vincentian Fathers and The Daughters of Charity. He is the patron of charities and of hospitals.