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It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.

John Vianney

The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.
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Beautiful Fragrance Purity Soul
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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Beautiful Children Death Happiness Peace Person
If you find it impossible to pray, hide behind your good Angel and charge him to pray in your stead.
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Goodness Impossible Prayer Yourself
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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Herself Ideal Joy Sorrow Woman
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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Money Necessary Poor Profit Work Yourself
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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Command Government Heaven Live Service
A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.
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Heaven People Priest
The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.
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Angel Conscious God Imitation Presence
God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.
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Command God Prayer Worry Yourself
Sin is the assassin of the soul.
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Death One Liner Sin Soul
How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!
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Accompany Angel Happiness Holy
On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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Count Path Step
I thought a time would come when people would rout me out of Ars with sticks, when the Bishop would suspend me, and I should end my days in prison. I see, however, that I am not worthy of such a grace.
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Day Myself People Prison Suspend Thinking Time Worth
Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
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Death Errors God Mistake
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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Anxiety Build Burn Carry Forgiveness God Sin Woman
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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Attachment Earth Life Necessary Punishment

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