St. John Vianney – I Thirst for Your Love!

Are You As Happy As The Wise Men Were?

Posted on January 3, 2016January 2, 2016 by mseagrif

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“A saint said that we were Christ-bearers. It is very true; but we have not enough faith. We do not comprehend our dignity. When we leave the holy banquet, we are as happy as the Wise Men would have been, if they could have carried away the Infant Jesus. Take a vessel full of liquor, and cork it well – you will keep the liquor as long as you please.

So if you were to keep Our Lord well and recollectedly after Communion, you would long feel that devouring fire which would inspire your heart with an inclination to good and a repugnance to evil.”

(St. John Vianney on the Holy Eucharist)

Make Me To See

Posted on October 17, 2015 by mseagrif

But see, it is faith we want.

We are poor blind people; we have a mist before our eyes. Faith alone can dispel this mist.

Presently, my children, when I shall hold Our Lord in my hands, when the good God blesses you, ask Him then to open the eyes of your heart; say to Him like the blind man of Jericho, ‘O Lord, make me to see!’ If you say to Him sincerely, ‘Make me to see!’ you will certainly obtain what you desire, because He wishes nothing but your happiness.

He has His hands full of graces, seeking to whom to distribute them; Alas! and no one will have them. . .

Oh, indifference! Oh, ingratitude!

My children, we are most unhappy that we do not understand these things! We shall understand them well one day; but it will then be too late!”

(St. John Vianney)

That We Might Have The Eyes of An Angel!

Posted on June 28, 2015 by mseagrif

“Ah! if we had the eyes of angels with which to see Our Lord Jesus Christ, who is here present on this altar, and who is looking at us, how we should love Him! We should never more wish to part from Him. We should wish to remain always at His feet; it would be a foretaste of Heaven: all else would become insipid to us. But see, it is faith we want. We are poor blind people; we have a mist before our eyes. Faith alone can dispel this mist. Presently, my children, when I shall hold Our Lord in my hands, when the good God blesses you, ask Him then to open the eyes of your heart; say to Him like the blind man of Jericho, ‘O Lord, make me to see!’ If you say to Him sincerely, ‘Make me to see!’ you will certainly obtain what you desire, because He wishes nothing but your happiness. He has His hands full of graces, seeking to whom to distribute them; Alas! and no one will have them. . . . Oh, indifference! Oh, ingratitude! My children, we are most unhappy that we do not understand these things! We shall understand them well one day; but it will then be too late!”

(St. John Vianney)