Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children.
JOHN VIANNEYHow happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!
More John Vianney Quotes
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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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Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
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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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Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints – they are your public.
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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.
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Sin is the assassin of the soul.
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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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Our body is a vessel of corruption; it is meant for death and for the worms, nothing more! And yet we devote ourselves to satisfying it, rather than to enriching our soul, which is so great that we can conceive nothing greater – no, nothing, nothing!
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There were two saints in the desert, who had sewed thorns into all their clothes; and we seek for nothing but comfort!
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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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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 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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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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God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.
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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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