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

""Man""We"PRATER. 267Prayer.See, my children ;the treasure of a Christian is notupon earth, but in Heaven. WeJl, our thoughts shouldbe where our treasure is.has a high calling, to pray and to love. Youpray, you love : this is the bliss of man upon earth.Prayer is nothing else but union with God. Whenour heart ispure and united to God, we feel within us abalm which inebriates, a light which dazzles. In thisintimate union, God and the soul are like two pieces ofwax melted together:they can be separated no more.This union between God and His little creature is a beautiful thing. It is a bliss which surpasses our comprehension.have deserved to be forbidden to pray ; butGod, in His goodness, has permitted us to speak to Him.Our prayeris an incense which He receives with exceeding pleasure. My children, you have a narrow heart;but prayer enlarges it,and enables it to love God. Prayeris a foretaste of Heaven, a drop from Paradise. It neverleaves us without sweetness. It is a honey which flowsinto the soul and sweetens every thing. Troubles meltaway before a fervent prayer like snow before the sun.Prayer makes time pass with great rapidity, and sohappily that we are unconscious of its duration. When Iwas traveling over La Bresse, at the time when almost allthe poor cu^es were I ill, prayed to the good God all the\ray as I went. Ito me.assure you, the time did not seem longas the**We see some who lose themselves in prayerfish m the water, because they belong wholly to God.