The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.
JOHN VIANNEYOnly after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children.
More John Vianney Quotes
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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 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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Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints – they are your public.
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The virtue of obedience makes the will supple… It inspires the courage with which to fulfill the most difficult tasks.
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You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.
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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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On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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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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How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!
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Humility is like a pair of scales: the lower one side falls, the higher rises the other. Let us humble ourselves like the Blessed Virgin and we shall be exalted.
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If you are attached to the things of this earth, you should give alms sufficient to enable you to punish your avarice by depriving yourself of all that is not absolutely necessary for life.
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All that we do without offering it to God is wasted.
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Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children.
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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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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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