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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.

John Vianney

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John Vianney
Age: 73 †
Born: 1786
Born: May 8
Died: 1859
Died: August 4
Catholic Priest
Franciscan Tertiary
Parish Priest
Curé of Ars
Jean-Marie-Baptiste Vianney
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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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Sin is the assassin of the soul.
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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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The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.
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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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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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If you invoke the Blessed Virgin when you are tempted, she will come at once to your help, and Satan will leave you.
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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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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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A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.
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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 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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All that we do without offering it to God is wasted.
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It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.
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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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Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest from now until then, she is much too busy with her children.
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You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.
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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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