The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.
JOHN VIANNEYWhen we have been to Holy Communion, the balm of love envelops the soul as the flower envelops the bee.
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Our Guardian Angels are our most faithful friends, because they are with us day and night, always and everywhere. We ought often to invoke them.
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Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
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All that we do without offering it to God is wasted.
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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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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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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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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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On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
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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 you find it impossible to pray, hide behind your good Angel and charge him to pray in your stead.
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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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The Lord is more anxious to forgive our sins than a woman is to carry her baby out of a burning building.
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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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Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints – they are your public.
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