If people would do for God what they do for the world, what a great number of Christians would go to Heaven.
JOHN VIANNEY
The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.
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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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You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.
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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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When we have been to Holy Communion, the balm of love envelops the soul as the flower envelops the bee.
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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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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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God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.
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Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.
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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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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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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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How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!
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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 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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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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The virtue of obedience makes the will supple… It inspires the courage with which to fulfill the most difficult tasks.
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