Life of St. Vincent de Paul

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Title: Life of St. Vincent de Paul
Author: F.A. [Frances Alice] Forbes
Release Date: January 5, 2009 [EBook #27706]
Language: English
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SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL c. 1581-1660
By F.A. [Francis Alice] Forbes
"Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day." —Psalm
40:2
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to
heal the contrite of heart, to preach deliverance to the captives, and sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are
bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of reward." —Luke 4:18-19
Nihil Obstat: Francis M. Canon Wyndham
Censor Deputatus
Imprimatur: Edmund Canon Surmont
Vicar General
Westminster
July 2, 1919
Originally published in 1919 by R. & T. Washbourne, Limited, London, as Life of St. Vincent de Paul in the series
Standard-bearers of the Faith: A Series of Lives of the Saints for Young and Old.
"Extend mercy ...