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.
JOHN VIANNEY
The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of 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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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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The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of 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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You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.
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A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.
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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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Upon receiving Holy Communion, the Adorable Blood of Jesus Christ really flows in our veins and His Flesh is really blended with ours.
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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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All that we do without offering it to God is wasted.
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Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.
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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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Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
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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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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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