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

"""""And""84 THE CUR OF AKS.God as we ought for two days! There are some whooffend God every moment of their lives ;their heartswarms with sins, as an ant-hill with ants.No, truly, if sinners would but think of eternity, ofthat terrible for ever, they would be converted at oncaCain has been in hell these six thousand years, and he isbut at the entrance. Those who do some good, who havesome virtue, spoil it allby self-love ;these are good workslost. My children, we sprinkle pride,like salt, over allthat we do. We like our good works to be known. Ifyour virtues are seen, you rejoice if your defects are;perceived, you are sad. I observe this in a great manypeople : a single word of blame disturbs and disquietsthem. This was not the way with the saints ; they werepained if their virtues were known, and pleased that theirimperfections should be seen. The devil writes downour sins, our angel guardians all our merits. It iscertain that all the thoughts and actions of our life arewritten down ; let us labour that the angel guardian sbook may be full,and the devil s empty."On our Last End.There are many Christians who actually do notknow why they came into the world.Wherefore, my God, didst Thou place me in theworld?That thou mightest be saved.wherefore wouldst Thou have me to be saved ?Because I love thee.The good God created us and placed us in the worldbecause He loves us ;He wishes to save us because Heloves us. To be saved we must know, love, and serveGod. This is now our business. Oh, what a blessed