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!
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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God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.
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You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.
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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 sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!
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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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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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How happy is that guardian angel who accompanies a soul to Holy Mass!
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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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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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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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Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
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All that we do without offering it to God is wasted.
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A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.
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