“If you are attached to the things of this earth, you should give alms sufficient to enable you to punish your avarice by depriving yourself of all that is not absolutely necessary for life.” IfsGivingShouldEarthSufficientAvariceAlmsDeprivingDepriving Yourself Author:John Vianney
“Others will give away large alms in order to be considered charitable people. Should they not give these out of their own wages, which so often they squander on trifles? If this has happened to you, do not forget that you are obliged to pay back to the person concerned all that you gave to the poor without the knowledge or consent of your employers. Then again, there is the one who has been entrusted by his employer with the supervision of the staff, or of workmen, who gives out wine and all sorts of other things to them if they ask him.” PeopleIfsGivingShouldPersonsHas BeensOrderAsksForgetPoorPayHappenedConcernedWineStaffConsentWagesEmployersObligedTriflesCharitableWorkmenAlmsSupervision Author:John Vianney
“Understand this clearly: if you know how to give, you must know how to pay back. . .” IfsKnowsGivingPayKnow HowAlms Author:John Vianney
“If you invoke the Blessed Virgin when you are tempted, she will come at once to your help, and Satan will leave you.” IfsHelpingReligiousBlessedSatanVirginsTemptedInvokeVirgin MaryBlessed Mother Author:John Vianney
“If only we could see the joy of our guardian angel when he sees us fighting our temptations!” IfsJoyFightingAngelTemptationGuardianGuardian Angel Author:John Vianney
“If you find it impossible to pray, hide behind your good Angel and charge him to pray in your stead.” IfsBehindsImpossiblePrayingAngel Author:John Vianney
“Put a good bunch of grapes under the winepress, and a delicious juice will come out. Under the winepress of the cross, our soul produces a juice that feeds and strengthens us. When we haven't got any crosses, we are dry. If we carry them with resignation, what happiness, what sweetness we feel!” IfsFeelsSoulHavensProduceCrossesBunchDrySweetnessDeliciousJuiceGrapesResignation Author:John Vianney
“Private prayer is like straw scattered here and there: If you set it on fire it makes a lot of little flames. But gather these straws into a bundle and light them, and you get a mighty fire, rising like a column into the sky; public prayer is like that.” IfsLittlesLightPrayerFireSkyFlamesRisingHere And ThereColumnsStrawsBundles Author:John Vianney
“There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.” IfsGivenSacrificeMassEucharistCatholic SaintHoly EucharistHoly Mass Author:John Vianney
“If people would do for God what they do for the world, what a great number of Christians would go to Heaven.” PeopleIfsWorldChristianHeavenNumbersCatholic Author:John Vianney
“A pure soul is like a fine pearl. As long as it is hidden in the shell, at the bottom of the sea, no one thinks of admiring it. But if you bring it into the sunshine, this pearl will shine and attract all eyes. Thus the pure soul, which is hidden from the eyes of the world, will one day shine before the Angels in the sunshine of eternity.” IfsThinkingWorldLongSoulEyeSeaFineOne DayPureAngelEternityCatholicShiningBottomPuritySunshineShellsPearlsAdmiringPure SoulChastity PurityPurity And Love Author:John Vianney
“We put pride into everything like salt. We like to see that our good works are known. If our virtues are seen, we are pleased; if our faults are perceived, we are sad. I remark that in a great many people; if one says anything to them, it disturbs them, it annoys them. The saints were not like that - they were vexed if their virtues were known, and pleased that their imperfections should be seen.” PeopleIfsShouldKnownVirtuePrideFaultsSaintGreat MenImperfectionAnnoyingSaltGood WorkSay AnythingRemarks Author:John Vianney
