For Everyday Life

Painting: William McGregor Paxton, 1913

If Only We Could See

Painting: Andrea Pozzo, Guardian Angel

Only God

Unless By Frequent Rains

The Power of Gossip

'It is my belief that the sin of spreading gossip involves all that's most evil and wicked. Yes, my dear brothers and sisters, this sin includes the poison of all the vices: the meanness of vanity, the venom of jealousy, the bitterness of anger, the malice of hatred, and the flightiness and irresponsibility unworthy of a Christian.... It breaks up friendships; hinders enemies from reconciling their differences; disturbs the peace of homes; turns brother against brother; husband against wife, daughter-in-law against mother-in-law, and son-in-law against father-in-law. How many harmonious households have been turned upside down by one evil tongue, so that their members couldn't bear to see or to speak to one another? And only one malicious tongue, belonging to a neighbor, man or woman, can be the cause of all this misery.'
        

                                                                                  St. John Vianney


Painting: Pieter de Hooch

A Home in Accord

'The home must be in accord with the Church, that all harmful influences be withheld from the souls of children. Where there is true piety in the home, purity of morals reigns supreme.'

St. John Vianney







Painting: Franz von Defregger, Grace Before Meal

We Fly From Him

'Oh, how 
senseless we are! 
The good God 
calls us to Him 
and we fly from Him!
He wishes 
to make us happy,
and we will not 
have His happiness.'

St. John Vianney


 










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Painting: James Tissot

They are Your Public

'Do not try 

to please everybody.  

Try to please God, 

the angels, 

and the saints.  

THEY are your public.' 

St. John Vianney

Painting:  Hermann Anton Stilke, Joan of Arc

These Little Mortifications

'Oh, how I like these little mortifications that are seen by nobody!'

St. John Vianney

Painting:  Winslow Homer, Girl Carrying a Basket, 1882

That Firm Foundation

'A house founded on the Cross will not fear wind, nor rain, nor storm.'

St. John Vianney

Painting:  Karl Bennewitz von Löfen (edited)

A Rule for Everyday Life

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

St. John Vianney

Waterhouse painting

Like a Grain of Sand

    'Our faults are like a grain of sand beside the great mountain of the mercies of the good God.'

St. John Vianney

      Painting: John George Brown, in US public domain due to age

As Much as it is Possible!

"During the day, 

and even at night if you wake, 

say to God: 

'My God, give me the grace to love You 

as much as it is possible to love You!'"

Cure' D'ars

Painting:  Paul Peel, The Young Botanist

Forever Spring

'It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.'

St. John Vianney

Painting:  Charles Courtney Curran, Lotus Lilies

Humility

'Humility is to the other virtues

 what the chain is in a rosary. 

Take away the chain and the beads are scattered;

remove humility, and all virtues vanish.'  

St. John Vianney

Painting: Henry  Guillaume Schlesinger, 1868

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Listen...

 When it’s
 God
 Who is speaking...
 the proper way to behave
 is to imitate
 someone who
 has an irresistible
 curiosity and who
 listens at keyholes.
 You must
 listen
 to  everything
 God
 says
 at the
 keyhole
 of your heart. 
                    - St. John Vianney