When the heart is pure and simple it cannot help loving, because it has discovered the source of love which is God.
JOHN VIANNEYHow happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!
More John Vianney Quotes
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It is always springtime in the heart that loves 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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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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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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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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A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.
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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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Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.
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Sin is the assassin of the soul.
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God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.
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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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Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints – they are your public.
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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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