There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.
JOHN VIANNEYShall 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.
More John Vianney Quotes
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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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On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.
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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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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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To serve the Queen of Heaven is already to reign there, and to live under her commands is more than to govern.
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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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How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!
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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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Our body is a vessel of corruption; it is meant for death and for the worms, nothing more! And yet we devote ourselves to satisfying it, rather than to enriching our soul, which is so great that we can conceive nothing greater – no, nothing, nothing!
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It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
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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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The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.
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Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
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Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
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