The saints had no hatred, no bitterness; they forgive everything and think they deserve much more for their offenses against 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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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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When the heart is pure and simple it cannot help loving, because it has discovered the source of love which is 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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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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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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The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.
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On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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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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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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All that we do without offering it to God is wasted.
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Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
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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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Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.
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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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If you find it impossible to pray, hide behind your good Angel and charge him to pray in your stead.
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