The more we pray, the more we wish to pray. Like a fish which at first swims on the surface of the water, and afterwards plunges down, and is always going deeper; the soul plunges, dives, and loses itself in the sweetness of conversing with God.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Love of our neighbor consists of three things: to desire the greater good everyone; to do what good we can when we can; to bear, excuse, and hide other’s faults.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Jesus on the Cross said to the disciple whom He loved: “Behold your Mother!” How sweet are those words to the Christian who is able to understand what depths of love they contain!
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
The Blessed Virgin is like a good mother who, not content with looking after all her children in general, watches over each one separately.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Let us live as the Blessed Virgin lived: loving God only, desiring God only, trying to please God only in all that we do.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Humility is like a pair of scales: the lower one side falls, the higher rises the other. Let us humble ourselves like the Blessed Virgin and we shall be exalted.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
