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!
JOHN VIANNEYA priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.
More John Vianney Quotes
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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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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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The Lord is more anxious to forgive our sins than a woman is to carry her baby out of a burning building.
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How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!
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How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!
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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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Our Guardian Angels are our most faithful friends, because they are with us day and night, always and everywhere. We ought often to invoke them.
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On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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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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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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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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Sin is the assassin of the soul.
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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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It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
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