The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.
JOHN VIANNEYUpon 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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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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You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.
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It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
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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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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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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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How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!
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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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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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The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.
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The Lord is more anxious to forgive our sins than a woman is to carry her baby out of a burning building.
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Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
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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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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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