"I thought a time would come when people……" — John Vianney
"I thought a time would come when people would rout me out of Ars with sticks, when the Bishop would suspend me, and I should end my days in prison. I see, however, that I am not worthy of such a grace."
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32 Quotes by John Vianney
John Vianney has 32 quotes on this site.
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My little children, your hearts, are small, but prayer stretches them and makes them capable of loving God. Through prayer…
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Private prayer is like straw scattered here and there: If you set it on fire it makes a lot of…
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Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.
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When we receive Holy Communion, we experience something extraordinary - a joy, a fragrance, a well-being that thrills the whole…
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There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to…
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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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The saints had no hatred, no bitterness; they forgive everything and think they deserve much more for their offenses against…
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If people would do for God what they do for the world, what a great number of Christians would go…
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Envy, my children, follows pride; whoever is envious is proud. See, envy comes to us from Hell; the devils having…
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You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.
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The man of impure speech is a person whose lips are but an opening and a supply pipe which hell…
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A pure soul is like a fine pearl. As long as it is hidden in the shell, at the bottom…
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If you have a priest that is pushing social justice, go find another parish. Go alert your bishop.
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The weaker the player the more terrible the Knight is to him, but as a player increases in strength the…
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In blitz, the Knight is stronger than the Bishop
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Brothers and sisters, good evening. You all know that the duty of the conclave was to give a bishop to…
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It is impossible to overestimate the influence of parents who understand the hearts of their children. Research shows that during…
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Archbishop Milingo is a good Bishop and his contention that there are satanists in Rome is completely correct. Anybody who…
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With his continual doctrine [Bishop Hooper] adjoined due and discreet correction, not so much severe to any as to them…
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