When we have been to Holy Communion, the balm of love envelops the soul as the flower envelops the bee.
JOHN VIANNEYIt is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
More John Vianney Quotes
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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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If people would do for God what they do for the world, what a great number of Christians would go to Heaven.
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God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.
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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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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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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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Oh, how I like those little mortifications that are seen by nobody, such as rising a quarter of an hour sooner, rising for a little while in the night to pray!
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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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If only we could see the joy of our guardian angel when he sees us fighting our temptations!
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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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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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On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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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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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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