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.
JOHN VIANNEYOnly after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children.
More John Vianney Quotes
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A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.
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Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.
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Have 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.
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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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It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
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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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Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints – they are your public.
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All that we do without offering it to God is wasted.
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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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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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When we have been to Holy Communion, the balm of love envelops the soul as the flower envelops the bee.
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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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Our Guardian Angels are our most faithful friends, because they are with us day and night, always and everywhere. We ought often to invoke them.
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Oh, how I like those little mortifications that are seen by nobody, such as rising a quarter of an hour sooner, rising for a little while in the night to pray!
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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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