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!
JOHN VIANNEYSin is the assassin of the soul.
More John Vianney Quotes
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On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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The virtue of obedience makes the will supple… It inspires the courage with which to fulfill the most difficult tasks.
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The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.
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Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.
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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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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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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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Sin is the assassin of the soul.
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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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Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
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How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!
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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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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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Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
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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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