Do all one can…
One must do all one can do for everybody, expecting no return save from God only.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
God is almighty…
God is always almighty; He can at all times work miracles, and He would work them now as in the days of old were it not that faith is lacking!
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Impure speech is…
The man of impure speech is a person whose lips are but an opening and a supply pipe which hell uses to vomit its impurities upon the earth.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Humility is to…
Humility is to the various virtues what the chain is to the Rosary; take away the chain and the beads are scattered, remove humility and all virtues vanish.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Our morning prayers…
Never forget that it is at the beginning of each day that God has the necessary grace for the day ready for us. He knows exactly what opportunities we shall have to sin, and will give us everything we need if we ask him then. That is why the devil does all he can to prevent us from saying our morning prayers or to make us say them badly.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Only happiness in prayer…
We can only find our happiness on earth in loving God, and we can only love Him in prayer to Him. We see that Jesus Christ, to encourage us often to have recourse to Him through prayer, promises never to refuse us anything if we pray for it as we should. But there is no need to go looking for elaborate and roundabout ways of showing you that we should pray often, for you have only to open your catechism and you will see there that the duty of every good Christian is to pray morning and evening and often during the day — that is to say, always.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
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