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.
JOHN VIANNEY
The virtue of obedience makes the will supple… It inspires the courage with which to fulfill the most difficult tasks.
More John Vianney Quotes
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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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On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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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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The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.
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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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See, my children, a person who is in a state of sin is always sad. Whatever he does, he is weary and disgusted with every thing; while he who is at peace with God is always happy, always joyous. . . Oh, beautiful life! Oh, beautiful death!
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You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.
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A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.
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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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All that we do without offering it to God is wasted.
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Oh, how I like those little mortifications that are seen by nobody, such as rising a quarter of an hour sooner, rising for a little while in the night to pray!
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How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!
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When we receive Holy Communion, we experience something extraordinary – a joy, a fragrance, a well-being that thrills the whole body and causes it to exalt.
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Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
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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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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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