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

"""""100 THE CUR OF AR8.presented himself for confession. Havingof his faults, he said,made the avowalFather, I have committed a greatmany sins *;I am lost. What do you say, my friend ?*We must never despair. The young man rose :Father,you tell me not to despair, and you yourself. Itfiras a flash of light. The priest, in amazement, drovefrom him that thought of despair, became a religious,and, in the end, a great saint. The good God had sentHis angel, in the form of this young man, to teach himthat we must never despair.My children, the good God is as prompt to forgiveus, when we ask Him, as a mother to snatch her child outof the fire."The Word of God.My children, the Word of God is no light thing.The first words of our Lord to His Apostles were these :Go and teach ;to show us that instruction is the firstthing necessary for us.My children, how have we learnt our religion ?Bythe instructions which we have heard. What gave us ahorror of sin ? what has shown us the beauty of virtue ?what has inspired us with a desire of heaven ? Theseinstructions. What has taught fathers and mothers theduties they have to fulfil towards their children, andchildren their duties to their parents ? Once more,these instructions.My children, why are men so blind and so ignorant ?Because they pay no heed to the Word of God. Thereare some who never say so much as one Pater and Ave toask for grace to hear it aright and to profit byit,I believe, my children, that a person who does not attend as he ought to the Word of God, will not be saved ; hewill not know what is necessary for salvation. But there is