Sin is the assassin of the soul.
JOHN VIANNEYIf only we could see the joy of our guardian angel when he sees us fighting our temptations!
More John Vianney Quotes
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On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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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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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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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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How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!
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The saints had no hatred, no bitterness; they forgive everything and think they deserve much more for their offenses against God.
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If only we could see the joy of our guardian angel when he sees us fighting our temptations!
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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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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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Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
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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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A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.
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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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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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