The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.
JOHN VIANNEYThe saints had no hatred, no bitterness; they forgive everything and think they deserve much more for their offenses against God.
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There were two saints in the desert, who had sewed thorns into all their clothes; and we seek for nothing but comfort!
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Sin is the assassin of the soul.
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If you are attached to the things of this earth, you should give alms sufficient to enable you to punish your avarice by depriving yourself of all that is not absolutely necessary for life.
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If only we could see the joy of our guardian angel when he sees us fighting our temptations!
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The Lord is more anxious to forgive our sins than a woman is to carry her baby out of a burning building.
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God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.
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We ought to ask the Blessed Virgin, the angels, and the saints to pray for us that we may receive the good God as worthily as it is possible for us to receive him.
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If you invoke the Blessed Virgin when you are tempted, she will come at once to your help, and Satan will leave you.
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How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!
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If people would do for God what they do for the world, what a great number of Christians would go to Heaven.
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When the heart is pure and simple it cannot help loving, because it has discovered the source of love which is God.
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The saints had no hatred, no bitterness; they forgive everything and think they deserve much more for their offenses against God.
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Shall we all be saved? Shall we go to Heaven? Alas, my children, we do not know at all! But I tremble when I see so many souls lost these days. See, they fall into Hell as leaves fall from the trees at the approach of winter.
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The Devil writes down our sins – our Guardian Angel all our merits. Labor that the Guardian Angel’s book may be full, and the Devil’s empty.
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When our hands have touched spices, they give fragrance to all they handle. Let us make our prayers pass through the hands of the Blessed Virgin. She will make them fragrant.
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