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1786–1859 France

Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney (8 May 1786 – 4 August 1859) was a French Catholic priest who is venerated in the Catholic Church as a saint and as the patron saint of parish priests.

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We understand the value of our soul from the efforts the devil makes to corrupt it.

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We postpone our conversion until the moment of death; but who assures us that we will have one last attack?

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I believe that a person who does not listen to the word of God properly cannot be saved: he will never know what must be done to obtain salvation.

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My children, I often think that most Christians who damn themselves, damn themselves because of their ignorance.

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The most common temptations are pride and impurity; one of the best means of resisting these temptations is an active life for the glory of God.

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We do not believe there is a place on this earth where we can escape the fight against the devil.

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Those who humiliate us are our friends, not those who praise us.

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A pure soul is with God like a child with his mother: he caresses her, kisses her and his mother gives him back the caresses and hugs.

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Humility is the best way to love God. It is our pride that prevents us from becoming saints.

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In the well-made prayer the pains melt like snow in the sun.

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Man was created for heaven: the devil broke the ladder that led to heaven.

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All the saints have had great devotion to the Holy Virgin; no grace comes from heaven without first passing through her hands.

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The treasure of the Christian is not on earth, but in heaven. Our thought therefore must turn to where our treasure is.

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When our hands have touched aromatic plants, they perfume everything they touch; so let us pass our prayers through the hands of the Holy Virgin; and she will make them fragrant.

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The only way to disorientate the demon, when he arouses in us feelings of hatred towards those who harm us, is to pray for them immediately.

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We put pride everywhere, like salt.

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We do not have the courage to bear our cross: we are wrong; for, no matter how much we do, the cross holds us and escapes it and is impossible.

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The grace and the cross are required.

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O Immaculate Virgin, who obtains from God whatever you want...

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Consecrate yourselves to Mary. Pray to this Holy Mother well, honor her especially in her Immaculate Conception.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Vianney (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.