All that we do without offering it to God is wasted.
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.
More John Vianney Quotes
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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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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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If only we could see the joy of our guardian angel when he sees us fighting our temptations!
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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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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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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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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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Sin is the assassin of the soul.
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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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Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
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You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.
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How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!
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Christian wife! Follow in the footsteps of the ideal of all womanhood, the Blessed Mother of God; in joy and in sorrow, she will be your advocate at the throne of her Son.
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How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!
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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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