Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.
JOHN VIANNEYHumility 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.
More John Vianney Quotes
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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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The 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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.
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A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.
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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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God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.
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How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!
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