John Vianney (1786-1859), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Struggle (with Sin)
We are gluttonous, my children, when we take food in excess, more than is required for the support of our poor body; when we drink beyond what is necessary, so as even to lose our senses and our reason. . . . Oh, how shameful is this vice! How it degrades us! See, it puts us below the brutes: the animals never drink more than to satisfy their thirst: they content themselves with eating enough; and we, when we have satisfied our appetite, when our body can bear no more, we still have recourse to all sorts of little delicacies; we take wine and liquors to repletion! Is it not pitiful?
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
John Vianney (1786-1859), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
Avarice is an inordinate love of the goods of this world. Yes, my children, it is an ill-regulated love, a fatal love, which makes us forget the good God, prayer, the Sacraments, that we may love the goods of this world–gold and silver and lands. The avaricious man is like a pig, which seeks its food in the mud, without caring where it comes from. Stooping towards the earth, he thinks of nothing but the earth; he no longer looks towards Heaven, his happiness is no longer there.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
John Vianney (1786-1859), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Struggle (with Sin)
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.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Eucharistic Adoration, John Vianney (1786-1859), Page: Quotes, Prayer (how), Quote Author, Quote Topic
We do not have to talk very much in order to pray well. We know that God is there in His holy tabernacle; let us open our hearts to Him; let us rejoice in His Presence: This is the best prayer.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
John Vianney (1786-1859), Love (others), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
Two good works present themselves to be done, one in favor of a person we love, the other in favor of a person who has done us some harm. Well, we must give preference to the latter.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Eucharistic Adoration, Evangelization, John Vianney (1786-1859), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
Happier than those who lived during His mortal life, when He was only in one place, we find Jesus Christ today in every corner of the world, in the Blessed Sacrament.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
