Favorite Quotes by John Marie Vianney

"You cannot please both God and the world at the same time, They are utterly opposed to each other in their thoughts, their desires, and their actions."

"I tell you that you have less to suffer in following the cross than in serving the world and its pleasures."

“Here is a rule for everyday life:Do not do anything which you cannot offer to God.”

Spiritual Communion

“A spiritual communion acts on the soul as blowing does on a cinder-covered fire which was about to go out.  Whenever you feel your love of God growing cold, quickly make a spiritual communion.”

Blessed Virgin Mary

"Jesus Christ, after having given us all he could give, that is to say, the merit of his toils, his sufferings, and bitter death; after having given us his adorable body and blood to be the food of our souls, willed also to give us the most precious thing he had let, which was his holy Mother,"

"When our hands have touched spices, they give fragrance to all they handle. Let us make our prayers pass through the hands of the Blessed Virgin. She will make them fragrant."

Priests

"If we had faith, we would see God hidden in the priest like a light behind glass, like wine mixed with water."

"The priesthood is the love of the heart of Jesus. When you see a priest, think of our Lord Jesus Christ."

Blessed Sacrament

"Every Consecrated Host is made to burn Itself up with love in a human heart,"

Of adoring Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament St. John Vianney has written:

"When we speak to Jesus with simplicity and with all our heart, He does like a mother who holds her child's head with her hands and covers it with kisses and caresses."

"The soul hungers for God, and nothing but God can satiate it. Therefore He came to dwell on earth and assumed a Body in order that this Body might become the Food of our souls,"

"I throw myself at the foot of the Tabernacle like a dog at the foot of his Master."

Prayer

"Man is a beggar who needs to ask God for everything."

"You cannot please both God and the world at the same time, They are utterly opposed to each other in their thoughts, their desires, and their actions."

"I tell you that you have less to suffer in following the cross than in serving the world and its pleasures."

“Here is a rule for everyday life:Do not do anything which you cannot offer to God.”

The Family

"I turn to you, dear parents, and implore you to imitate the Holy Family of Nazareth."