God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.
JOHN VIANNEYWhen the heart is pure and simple it cannot help loving, because it has discovered the source of love which is God.
More John Vianney Quotes
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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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Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
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Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
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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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How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!
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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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The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.
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When we receive Holy Communion, we experience something extraordinary – a joy, a fragrance, a well-being that thrills the whole body and causes it to exalt.
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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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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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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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Sin is the assassin of the soul.
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A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.
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We ought to run after crosses as the miser runs after money. . . Nothing but crosses will reassure us at the Day of Judgment When that day shall come, we shall be happy in our misfortunes, proud of our humiliations, and rich in our sacrifices!
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