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.
JOHN VIANNEYOur body is a vessel of corruption; it is meant for death and for the worms, nothing more! And yet we devote ourselves to satisfying it, rather than to enriching our soul, which is so great that we can conceive nothing greater – no, nothing, nothing!
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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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All that we do without offering it to God is wasted.
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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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On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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Our body is a vessel of corruption; it is meant for death and for the worms, nothing more! And yet we devote ourselves to satisfying it, rather than to enriching our soul, which is so great that we can conceive nothing greater – no, nothing, nothing!
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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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If people would do for God what they do for the world, what a great number of Christians would go to Heaven.
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God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.
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You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.
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Sin is the assassin of the soul.
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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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Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
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If only we could see the joy of our guardian angel when he sees us fighting our temptations!
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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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Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints – they are your public.
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