It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
JOHN VIANNEYOh, 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!
More John Vianney Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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 first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.
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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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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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If you find it impossible to pray, hide behind your good Angel and charge him to pray in your stead.
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Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.
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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 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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On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!
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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!
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