The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.
JOHN VIANNEYThe saints had no hatred, no bitterness; they forgive everything and think they deserve much more for their offenses against God.
More John Vianney Quotes
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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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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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Humility is like a pair of scales: the lower one side falls, the higher rises the other. Let us humble ourselves like the Blessed Virgin and we shall be exalted.
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All that we do without offering it to God is wasted.
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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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The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.
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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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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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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 is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.
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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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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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The Devil writes down our sins – our Guardian Angel all our merits. Labor that the Guardian Angel’s book may be full, and the Devil’s empty.
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We ought to ask the Blessed Virgin, the angels, and the saints to pray for us that we may receive the good God as worthily as it is possible for us to receive him.
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