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

"The"The"He"""A""The256 THE CUR OF ARS.divine perfections, and hovers over pure souls, to infuseinto them the balm of love.Holy Ghost reposes in a pure soul as on a bedof roses.soul wherein the Holy Spirit dwells exhales asweet perfume, like the vine when in flower.who has preserved his baptismal innocence, islike a child who has never disobeyed his father.Whenwe have preserved our innocence, we feel borne upwardsby love as a bird by its wings.They whose souls are pure, are like the eagles andthe swallows which fly in the air. A Christian whoseheart ispure is upon earth like a bird which is held by athread. Poor little bird ! He waits but the momentwhen the thread shall be cut to fly away.Good Christians are like those birds which have largewings and little feet, and which never rest on the ground,lest, being unable to rise again, they should be taken ;BO they make their nests on some high place, as on thepoint of a rock or the eave of a house. And thus shouldthe Christian dwell ever on the height. As soon as welower our thoughts to earth, we are taken.pure soul is like a beautiful pearl as :long as itremains hidden in its shell at the bottom of the sea, noone thinks of admiring it ; but ifyou place it in the lightof the sun, it attracts all eyes. Thus the pure soul, whichis now hidden from the eyes of the world, shall one dayshine before the angels in the sunlight of eternity.The pure soul is as a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to breathe its perfume.good God makes greater speed to pardon apenitent sinner than the mother to snatch her child out^f the fire.