Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
JOHN VIANNEYHave 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.
More John Vianney Quotes
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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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All that we do without offering it to God is wasted.
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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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There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.
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You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.
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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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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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How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!
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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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On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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See, my children, a person who is in a state of sin is always sad. Whatever he does, he is weary and disgusted with every thing; while he who is at peace with God is always happy, always joyous. . . Oh, beautiful life! Oh, beautiful death!
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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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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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Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
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How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!
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