Invoke the Blessed Virgin…
If you invoke the Blessed Virgin when you are tempted, she will come at once to your help, and Satan will leave you.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
A lukewarm soul…
Let us conclude, dear brethren, by saying that there is no state so much to be feared for a person as that of lukewarmness, because a great sinner is more easily converted then a lukewarm soul.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Habitual drunkenness…
Habitual drunkenness is not one of those sins which time and grace will correct. To cure this sin, not an ordinary grace but a miracle of grace is required. You ask me why drunken people are so rarely converted. This is the reason: it is that they have neither faith, nor religion, nor pity, nor respect for holy things. Nothing is able to touch them or to open their eyes to their unhappy state.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
When we receive Holy Communion…
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.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
You cannot please both God and…
You cannot please both God and the world at the same time, They are utterly opposed to each other in their thoughts, their desires, and their actions.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Saints or outcasts…
We must never lose sight of the fact that we are either saints or outcasts, that we must love for Heaven or for Hell; there is no middle path in this.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
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