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.
JOHN VIANNEYTo serve the Queen of Heaven is already to reign there, and to live under her commands is more than to govern.
More John Vianney Quotes
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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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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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On this path, it is only the first step that counts.
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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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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 Devil writes down our sins – our Guardian Angel all our merits. Labor that the Guardian Angel’s book may be full, and the Devil’s empty.
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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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The saints had no hatred, no bitterness; they forgive everything and think they deserve much more for their offenses against God.
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Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
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You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.
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All that we do without offering it to God is wasted.
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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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Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints – they are your public.
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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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