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!
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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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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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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Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children.
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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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How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!
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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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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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When the heart is pure and simple it cannot help loving, because it has discovered the source of love which is God.
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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 virtue of obedience makes the will supple… It inspires the courage with which to fulfill the most difficult tasks.
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Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.
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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 find it impossible to pray, hide behind your good Angel and charge him to pray in your stead.
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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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The 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.
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