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!
JOHN VIANNEYHow happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!
More John Vianney Quotes
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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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When we have been to Holy Communion, the balm of love envelops the soul as the flower envelops the bee.
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All that we do without offering it to God is wasted.
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You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.
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God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.
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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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Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
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There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.
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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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Sin is the assassin of the soul.
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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 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.
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A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.
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Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.
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