Sin is the assassin of the soul.
JOHN VIANNEYPrayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.
More John Vianney Quotes
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Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
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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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The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.
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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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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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Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
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It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
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To serve the Queen of Heaven is already to reign there, and to live under her commands is more than to govern.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Lord is more anxious to forgive our sins than a woman is to carry her baby out of a burning building.
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