It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
JOHN VIANNEYWe 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.
More John Vianney Quotes
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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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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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Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints – they are your public.
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Sin is the assassin of the soul.
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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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When we have been to Holy Communion, the balm of love envelops the soul as the flower envelops the bee.
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A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.
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Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.
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When our hands have touched spices, they give fragrance to all they handle. Let us make our prayers pass through the hands of the Blessed Virgin. She will make them fragrant.
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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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How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!
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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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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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If you find it impossible to pray, hide behind your good Angel and charge him to pray in your stead.
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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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