Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
JOHN VIANNEYShall 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.
More John Vianney Quotes
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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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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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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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Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints – they are your public.
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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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Sin is the assassin of the soul.
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The virtue of obedience makes the will supple… It inspires the courage with which to fulfill the most difficult tasks.
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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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The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.
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How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!
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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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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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How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!
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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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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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