Life of St John Vianney.pdf - the Catholic Kingdom!

"He"92 THE CURE OF AR8.acceptable to Him is a quarter of an hour snatched fromour occupations or our idle time, to be spent in praying toto Him for allHim, in visiting Him, in making reparationthe indignities which he receives ! When He sees puresouls come eagerly to Him, He smiles upon them. Theycome with that simplicity which is so pleasing to Him,to ask pardon forand ungrateful souls.the insults heaped upon Him by sinfulWhat happiness do we feel in thepresence of God, when we are alone at his feet beforethe sacred tabernacle !Come, my soul, redouble thyfervour ;thou art alone to adore thy God ;his eyes restupon thee alone. That good Savour is so full of love forus, that He seeks us every where.is there as a Victim :see, it is a prayer mostpleasing to God to ask the Blessed Virginto offer theeternal Father His divine Son, all bleeding and mangled,for the salvation of sinners ; it is the best prayer we canoffer, since all prayers are made in the name and by themerits of Jesus Christ. Again, we should thank God forall the indulgences which purify us from sin. But wepay no heed to them. We trample upon indulgences aswe trample upon the ears of wheat after the harvest.See, there are seven years and seven quarantines forhearing the Catechism ;three hundred days for recitingthe Litanies of the Blessed Virgin, the Salve Eegina,and the Angelus. So does the good God shower downHis graces upon us ; we shall be sorry at the end of ourlife that we have not profited by them. When we arebefore the BlessedSacrament, instead of looking aroundus, let us close our eyes and our mouth ; let us open ourheart, the good God will open His ; we will go to Him,He will come to us the one to ask, and the other to receive ; it is as a breath passing from the one to the other