The Lord is more anxious to forgive our sins than a woman is to carry her baby out of a burning building.
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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The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.
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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 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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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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You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.
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Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.
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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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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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All that we do without offering it to God is wasted.
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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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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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God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.
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How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!
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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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Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints – they are your public.
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