How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!
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.
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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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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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How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!
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Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
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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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If you find it impossible to pray, hide behind your good Angel and charge him to pray in your stead.
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A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.
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The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.
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We ought to run after crosses as the miser runs after money. . . Nothing but crosses will reassure us at the Day of Judgment When that day shall come, we shall be happy in our misfortunes, proud of our humiliations, and rich in our sacrifices!
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Sin is the assassin of the soul.
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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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We ought to ask the Blessed Virgin, the angels, and the saints to pray for us that we may receive the good God as worthily as it is possible for us to receive him.
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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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If only we could see the joy of our guardian angel when he sees us fighting our temptations!
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