There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.
JOHN VIANNEYThere were two saints in the desert, who had sewed thorns into all their clothes; and we seek for nothing but comfort!
More John Vianney Quotes
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If people would do for God what they do for the world, what a great number of Christians would go to Heaven.
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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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If you find it impossible to pray, hide behind your good Angel and charge him to pray in your stead.
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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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It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
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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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Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
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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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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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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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The virtue of obedience makes the will supple… It inspires the courage with which to fulfill the most difficult tasks.
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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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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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God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.
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Sin is the assassin of the soul.
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