If people would do for God what they do for the world, what a great number of Christians would go to Heaven.
JOHN VIANNEYWe 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!
More John Vianney Quotes
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On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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When the heart is pure and simple it cannot help loving, because it has discovered the source of love which is God.
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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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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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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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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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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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The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.
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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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Humility is like a pair of scales: the lower one side falls, the higher rises the other. Let us humble ourselves like the Blessed Virgin and we shall be exalted.
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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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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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Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children.
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How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!
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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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