The saints had no hatred, no bitterness; they forgive everything and think they deserve much more for their offenses against God.
JOHN VIANNEYWhen the heart is pure and simple it cannot help loving, because it has discovered the source of love which is God.
More John Vianney Quotes
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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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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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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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Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
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When we have been to Holy Communion, the balm of love envelops the soul as the flower envelops the bee.
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It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
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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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The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of 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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When our hands have touched spices, they give fragrance to all they handle. Let us make our prayers pass through the hands of the Blessed Virgin. She will make them fragrant.
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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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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 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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Sin is the assassin of the soul.
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All that we do without offering it to God is wasted.
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