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

""268 THE CUR^ OF AR8.There is nothing between them and Him. Oh, how I lovethese generous souls ! St. Francis of Assisi and St. Colette saw and spoke with our Lord as we speak to eachother. While we how often do we come to church without knowing what we come to do, or what we wish toask ! There are some who seem to say to the good God,*I am going to say two words to You, to get rid of You.I often think that when we come to adore our Lord, weshould obtain every thing we want, if we would ask for itwith a very lively faith and a very pure heart. But, alas !we are without faith, without hope, without desire, andwithout love.There are two cries in man : the cry of the angel, andthe cry of the brute. The cry of the angel is prayer ; thecry of the brute is sin. Those who do not pray crouchupon the ground, like a mole which is searching for a holeto hide itself in.They are all earthly, all brutish, andthink of nothing but the things of time ;like the miserto whom, when receiving the last Sacraments, a silvercrucifix was presented to kiss :*must weigh full ten ounces.*That cross/ said he,If one day were to pass in Heaven without adoration,it would be Heaven no longer ;if the poor lost souls, inthe midst of their sufferings, were able to adore, therewould be no more hell. Alas !they once had a heart tolove God with, and a tongue to bless Him it was;theend of their creation. And now they are condemned tocurse Him throughout all eternity. If they could hopethat a time would ever come in which, but for one minute s space, they might pray, they would expect thatminute with an impatience which would make them forgetall their torments."M. Yianney would sometimes thus paraphrase the