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

"We""""As"WeTWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. 291to the clear vision of the sacred humanity of our Lord.Suddenly he exclaimed, as if in ecstasy,shall see Him ! We shall see Him ! O mybrethren, have you ever thought of it ? We shall seeGod ! We shall see Him as He is face to face !" Andfor a quarter of an hour he ceased not toweep and toshall see Him ! We shall see Him!"repeat,On the twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost.My God, forgive us as we forgive.The good God will forgive none but those who forgive. This is His law. There are some who carrytheir folly so far as to omit this clause of the Paterroster. As if God did not see the bottom of our hearts,and took notice only of the movement of the tongue IThe Saints have no hatred, no malice in theirhearts. They forgive all who injure them, and alwaysthink that they deserve to suffer far more for theiroffences against the good God. But bad Christians arevindictive.soon as we begin to hate our neighbour, Godhates us. Hatred is like a dart, which returns into thebosom of him who hurls it. I said to a man one day,4But you don t want to go to Heaven, then, since youwill not see that person ? Oh, yes ; but we will tryand keep as far as possible from each other, that wemay never meet. They will not have this trouble, forthe gate of Heaven is closed against hatred. In Heaventhere is no rancour. And so good and humble hearts,who receive insults and calumnies with joy or indifference, begin their paradise in this world, while thosewho harbour rancour are miserable ;they have a care-