The virtue of obedience makes the will supple… It inspires the courage with which to fulfill the most difficult tasks.
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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If you find it impossible to pray, hide behind your good Angel and charge him to pray in your stead.
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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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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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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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Have 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.
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The man of impure speech is a person whose lips are but an opening and a supply pipe which hell uses to vomit its impurities upon the earth.
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When we have been to Holy Communion, the balm of love envelops the soul as the flower envelops the bee.
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Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
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God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.
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Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
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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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If you are attached to the things of this earth, you should give alms sufficient to enable you to punish your avarice by depriving yourself of all that is not absolutely necessary for life.
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On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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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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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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