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.
JOHN VIANNEYThe 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.
JOHN VIANNEYIf only we could see the joy of our guardian angel when he sees us fighting our temptations!
JOHN VIANNEYWe 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 VIANNEYYou either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.
JOHN VIANNEYWhen we have been to Holy Communion, the balm of love envelops the soul as the flower envelops the bee.
JOHN VIANNEYSee, 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!
JOHN VIANNEYThe pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.
JOHN VIANNEYUnderstand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
JOHN VIANNEYAlmighty God sends no trial without consolation.
JOHN VIANNEYSin is the assassin of the soul.
JOHN VIANNEYThe first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.
JOHN VIANNEYThe Devil writes down our sins – our Guardian Angel all our merits. Labor that the Guardian Angel’s book may be full, and the Devil’s empty.
JOHN VIANNEYHave 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.
JOHN VIANNEYIf you invoke the Blessed Virgin when you are tempted, she will come at once to your help, and Satan will leave you.
JOHN VIANNEYI 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.
JOHN VIANNEYOnly after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children.
JOHN VIANNEY