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A GOOD Christian mounts a chariot in this world --- borne
by Angels and conducted by Our Lord.
- Sermon on the Love of God (Sp.)
NEVER pass a day without thanking Jesus Christ for all He
has done for you during your life.
- Sermon on the First Commandment.
IF you keep your thoughts fixed on Our Lord after Communion,
you will feel for a long time that consuming fire which will inspire
in your heart the desire for good and a shrinking from evil.
- Catechism on Holy Communion (M.)
HE who does not pray is like a hen or a turkey that cannot rise
into the air. He who prays is like an intrepid eagle!
- On the Joys of the Interior Life (Sp.)
THERE is hardly a day when we shall not be obliged to make
some sacrifice for God, if we do not want to displease Him
and if we want to love Him.
- Sermon on Love for God.
WE must always act in the way that will give most glory to God.
- Catechism on the Word of God.
WHEN Our Lord sees pure souls coming eagerly to visit Him
in the Blessed Sacrament, He smiles upon them. They come
with that simplicity which pleases Him so much.
- Catechism on the Real Presence (Sp.)
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THE Saints did not become Saints without many
a sacrifice and many a struggle.
- Sermon on Sanctity.
WHEN we want to obtain anything of the good God, let us,
after Holy Communion, offer Him His well-beloved Son,
with all the merits of His Death and Passion; He will be able
to refuse us nothing.
- Catechism on the Holy Eucharist (M.)
DURING the harvest season the harvesters rise early and work
hard, but they do not complain, since it is a question of making
money. Temptation is the season of spiritual harvest.
- On Temptations (C.)
MAKE a note of the difference there is between believing in
the existence of God and believing in Him.
- Sermon on the First Commandment.
WE ought to have a charity like that of St. Augustine, who
rejoiced to see anyone very good: "At least," he used to say,
"here is someone who will make amends to God for my want
of love."
- Sermon on the Forgiveness of Others (M.)
HIS death was the price of one dance . . .
- Inscription chose by the Cure d'Ars for his Chapel
of St. John the Baptist (D.)
IT is in solitude that God speaks to us.
- Interior Life of the Cure d'Ars (M.)