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God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.

John Vianney

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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Clothes Comfortable Desert
The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.
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Beautiful Fragrance Purity Soul
If only we could see the joy of our guardian angel when he sees us fighting our temptations!
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Angel Fight Ourselves See Temptation
Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.
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Death Errors God Mistake
Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .
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Pay Understand Yourself
You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.
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Choice God World Yourself
If you find it impossible to pray, hide behind your good Angel and charge him to pray in your stead.
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Goodness Impossible Prayer Yourself
How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross!
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Death Live Religious Sweet
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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Body Experience Fragrance Holy Joy Thrill
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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Angel Blessing God Goodness Himself Possible Worth
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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Books Devil Empty Sin Writing
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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Day Myself People Prison Suspend Thinking Time Worth
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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Blessing Fragrance Hands Herself Prayer Touch
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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Children Fall Heaven Hell Myself Save Tree Tremble Winter
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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Bitter Deserve Forgiveness God Hate Offend
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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God Heaven Number People World

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