The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.
JOHN VIANNEYIf you find it impossible to pray, hide behind your good Angel and charge him to pray in your stead.
More John Vianney Quotes
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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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It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
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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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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 saints had no hatred, no bitterness; they forgive everything and think they deserve much more for their offenses against God.
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On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.
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Sin is the assassin of the soul.
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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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To serve the Queen of Heaven is already to reign there, and to live under her commands is more than to govern.
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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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If only we could see the joy of our guardian angel when he sees us fighting our temptations!
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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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Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
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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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