The saints had no hatred, no bitterness; they forgive everything and think they deserve much more for their offenses against God.
JOHN VIANNEYThe pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.
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It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
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Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.
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God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.
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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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The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.
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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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There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.
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All that we do without offering it to God is wasted.
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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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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 we have been to Holy Communion, the balm of love envelops the soul as the flower envelops the bee.
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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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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 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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The virtue of obedience makes the will supple… It inspires the courage with which to fulfill the most difficult tasks.
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