On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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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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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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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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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Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children.
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God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.
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When we receive Holy Communion, we experience something extraordinary – a joy, a fragrance, a well-being that thrills the whole body and causes it to exalt.
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The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.
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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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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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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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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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If you find it impossible to pray, hide behind your good Angel and charge him to pray in your stead.
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Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
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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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It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
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