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!
JOHN VIANNEYThe 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.
More John Vianney Quotes
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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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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 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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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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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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The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.
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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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A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.
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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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You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.
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Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
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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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If you find it impossible to pray, hide behind your good Angel and charge him to pray in your stead.
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It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
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