The man of impure speech is a person whose lips are but an opening and a supply pipe which hell uses to vomit its impurities upon the earth.
JOHN VIANNEYWhen 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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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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To serve the Queen of Heaven is already to reign there, and to live under her commands is more than to govern.
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When we have been to Holy Communion, the balm of love envelops the soul as the flower envelops the bee.
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If you find it impossible to pray, hide behind your good Angel and charge him to pray in your stead.
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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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See, my children, a person who is in a state of sin is always sad. Whatever he does, he is weary and disgusted with every thing; while he who is at peace with God is always happy, always joyous. . . Oh, beautiful life! Oh, beautiful death!
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You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.
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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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Upon receiving Holy Communion, the Adorable Blood of Jesus Christ really flows in our veins and His Flesh is really blended with ours.
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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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Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints – they are your public.
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Have you been working on Sunday? Have you been buying or selling without necessity in the course of this holy day? Give to the poor some alms which will exceed the profit you have made.
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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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On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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