God grant us pardon…
The good God is as prompt to grant us pardon when we ask it of Him, as a mother is to snatch her children out of the fire.
— Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
We must suffer…
Whether we will or no, we must suffer. There are some who suffer like the good thief, and others like the bad thief.
— Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Prayer enlarges hearts…
My children, your hearts are small, but prayer enlarges them and renders them capable of loving God.
— Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
It is not a bad death…
And yet, my dear brethren, I am going to tell you that none of these are bad deaths. Provided that a person has lived well, if he dies in his prime, his death will not fail to be valuable in God’s eyes. We have many saints who died in the prime of their lives. It is not a bad death, either, to die at the hands of the executioner. All the martyrs died at the hands of executioners.To die a sudden death is not to die a bad death either, provided one is ready. We have many saints who died deaths of that sort.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Our religion is false…
All our religion is but a false religion, and all our virtues are mere illusions and we ourselves are only hypocrites in the sight of God, if we have not that universal charity for everyone – for the good, and for the bad, for the poor and for the rich, and for all those who do us harm as much as those who do us good.
— Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Jesus found a way…
Jesus Christ found a way by which He could ascend into Heaven and yet remain on the earth. He instituted the adorable Sacrament of the Eucharist so that He might stay with us, and be the Food of our soul; that He might console us and be our Companion.
— Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
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