How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!
JOHN VIANNEYHow 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.
JOHN VIANNEYThe pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.
JOHN VIANNEYSin is the assassin of the soul.
JOHN VIANNEYIf 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.
JOHN VIANNEYI 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 VIANNEYThe first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.
JOHN VIANNEYThe Devil writes down our sins – our Guardian Angel all our merits. Labor that the Guardian Angel’s book may be full, and the Devil’s empty.
JOHN VIANNEYHave 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 VIANNEYWhen the heart is pure and simple it cannot help loving, because it has discovered the source of love which is God.
JOHN VIANNEYWe 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.
JOHN VIANNEYHow sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!
JOHN VIANNEYIf only we could see the joy of our guardian angel when he sees us fighting our temptations!
JOHN VIANNEYIt is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
JOHN VIANNEYThe Lord is more anxious to forgive our sins than a woman is to carry her baby out of a burning building.
JOHN VIANNEYThe virtue of obedience makes the will supple… It inspires the courage with which to fulfill the most difficult tasks.
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