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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!

John Vianney

There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.
JOHN VIANNEY

God Greatness Ourselves Precious
How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!
JOHN VIANNEY

Death Live Religious Sweet
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.
JOHN VIANNEY

Day Myself People Prison Suspend Thinking Time Worth
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.
JOHN VIANNEY

Blessing Fragrance Hands Herself Prayer Touch
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!
JOHN VIANNEY

Judgement Misery Money Ourselves Rich Run Sacrifice
The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.
JOHN VIANNEY

Angel Conscious God Imitation Presence
Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children.
JOHN VIANNEY

Busy Children Herself Judgement Mary
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.
JOHN VIANNEY

Herself Ideal Joy Sorrow Woman
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.
JOHN VIANNEY

Body Experience Fragrance Holy Joy Thrill
If people would do for God what they do for the world, what a great number of Christians would go to Heaven.
JOHN VIANNEY

God Heaven Number People World
You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.
JOHN VIANNEY

Choice God World Yourself
Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints – they are your public.
JOHN VIANNEY

God Public Try Yourself
The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.
JOHN VIANNEY

Beautiful Fragrance Purity Soul
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.
JOHN VIANNEY

Money Necessary Poor Profit Work Yourself
Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
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Death Errors God Mistake
The 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.
JOHN VIANNEY

Earth Hell Impurity Man Person

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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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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