Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
JOHN VIANNEYIf people would do for God what they do for the world, what a great number of Christians would go to Heaven.
More John Vianney Quotes
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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 only we could see the joy of our guardian angel when he sees us fighting our temptations!
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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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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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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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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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Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints – they are your public.
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On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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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 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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A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.
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Upon receiving Holy Communion, the Adorable Blood of Jesus Christ really flows in our veins and His Flesh is really blended with ours.
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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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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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