The Lord is more anxious to forgive our sins than a woman is to carry her baby out of a burning building.
JOHN VIANNEYA priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.
More John Vianney Quotes
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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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The 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.
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Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
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If people would do for God what they do for the world, what a great number of Christians would go to Heaven.
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It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
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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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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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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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All that we do without offering it to God is wasted.
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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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The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.
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How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!
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On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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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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Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.
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