There were two saints in the desert, who had sewed thorns into all their clothes; and we seek for nothing but comfort!
JOHN VIANNEYThe first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.
More John Vianney Quotes
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Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
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Sin is the assassin of the soul.
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Shall we all be saved? Shall we go to Heaven? Alas, my children, we do not know at all! But I tremble when I see so many souls lost these days. See, they fall into Hell as leaves fall from the trees at the approach of winter.
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Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.
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How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!
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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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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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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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Humility is like a pair of scales: the lower one side falls, the higher rises the other. Let us humble ourselves like the Blessed Virgin and we shall be exalted.
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It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
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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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If only we could see the joy of our guardian angel when he sees us fighting our temptations!
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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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How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!
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