It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
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.
More John Vianney Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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Oh, how I like those little mortifications that are seen by nobody, such as rising a quarter of an hour sooner, rising for a little while in the night to pray!
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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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A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.
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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 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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How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!
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Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
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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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God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.
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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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