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.
JOHN VIANNEYIf only we could see the joy of our guardian angel when he sees us fighting our temptations!
More John Vianney Quotes
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On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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I thought a time would come when people would rout me out of Ars with sticks, when the Bishop would suspend me, and I should end my days in prison. I see, however, that I am not worthy of such a grace.
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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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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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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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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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Sin is the assassin of the soul.
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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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It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
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Oh, how I like those little mortifications that are seen by nobody, such as rising a quarter of an hour sooner, rising for a little while in the night to pray!
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How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!
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Christian wife! Follow in the footsteps of the ideal of all womanhood, the Blessed Mother of God; in joy and in sorrow, she will be your advocate at the throne of her Son.
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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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The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.
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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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