It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
JOHN VIANNEYUnderstand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
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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On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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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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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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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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Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
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Sin is the assassin of the soul.
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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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If you find it impossible to pray, hide behind your good Angel and charge him to pray in your stead.
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There were two saints in the desert, who had sewed thorns into all their clothes; and we seek for nothing but comfort!
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Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
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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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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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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 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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