The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.
JOHN VIANNEYI 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.
More John Vianney Quotes
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How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!
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You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to 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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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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Our Guardian Angels are our most faithful friends, because they are with us day and night, always and everywhere. We ought often to invoke them.
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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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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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God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.
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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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Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
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Shall 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.
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When our hands have touched spices, they give fragrance to all they handle. Let us make our prayers pass through the hands of the Blessed Virgin. She will make them fragrant.
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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 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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Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
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